Eckhard Gerdes has published books of poetry, drama, and fourteen books of fiction, including the novels Hugh Moore (for which he was awarded an &Now Award) and My Landlady the Lobotomist (a top five finisher in the 2009 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll and nominated for the 2009 Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel of the Year). He has also won the Bissell Award, been a finalist for the Starcherone and the Blatt awards, and was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year. His most recent books are a tongue-in-cheek work of creative nonfiction, How to Read (Guide Dog Books); a novel, White Bungalows (Dirt Heart Pharmacy Press); and a collection, Three Plays (Black Scat Books). He lives near Chicago, IL, and has three children and five grandchildren. None of them are named Robbie, Chip, or Ernie.
This is the Italian version of my novel The Isolate, which was published in English by Black Scat Books. The Italian version was produced by the excellent Italian publishing house Giuliano Ladol...
About the Book
This is number 98 in The Journal of Experimental Fiction, edited by Eckhard Gerdes. Contributors to this edition include Jason Zeitler, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Lance Olsen, David Jelinek, ...
A collection of blues songs, the CD "Blues for Youse" is by Eckhard Gerdes and friends. Some of these songs, all of which are composed using lyrics written by Gerdes, are performed and recorded by ...
A collection of blues lyrics to accompany the CD "Blues for Youse" by Eckhard Gerdes, and friends. Some of these lyrics have been performed and recorded by Eckhard and friends Hobo Coble, Foghat, Y...
Synopsis of the Novel, The Chronicles of Michel du Jabot
The Chronicles of Michel du Jabot is a massive, whale tale kind of a book that exercises the writer in Eckhard Gerdes. The novel is not jus...
Synopsis of the Anthology, Journal of Experimental Fiction 35
This Anthology is a collection of some of the most innovative fiction being published in the world today. It contains examples of exper...
Synopsis of the Anthology, Journal of Experimental Fiction 34: Foremost Fiction: A Report from the Front Lines
This anthology of innovative fiction from some of the foremost writers of experimental...
Synopsis of the Anthology, The Literary Terrorism of Harold Jaffe
This Anthology celebrates the talented novelist Harold Jaffe's acts of literary terrorism, which work to wrestle control of the fu...
Synopsis of the Anthology, The Laugh that Laughs at the Laugh: Writing from and about the Pen Man, Raymond Federman: Journal of Experimental Fiction 23
This Anthology is a tribute to the great Fren...
Synopsis of the Anthology, A-Way with It! Contemporary Innovative Fiction
This Anthology brings together the work of some of the most innovative authors in contemporary fiction. The authors in this...
Synopsis of the Anthology, John Barth, Bearded Bards & Splitting Hairs
This Anthology features a previously unpublished essay by John Barth presented as a lecture at Macon State College and 17 ...
Synopsis of the Anthology, Scuff Mud
Scuff Mud is an anthology of spoken word and improvisational music played on homemade and prepared instruments. Shelf Life consists of Bryan Day, Joseph Jaros, ...
