Eckhard Gerdes

Eckhard Gerdes was born in 1959 in Atlanta, Georgia, and has lived in Switzerland, Germany, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga, the Republic of South Africa, as well as in several locations throughout the United States in Illinois, Georgia, Iowa, Alaska, and California. He has three children and five grandchildren.

He earned his MFA in Fiction Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also holds an MA in English from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a BA in English from the University of Dubuque in Iowa.

Perhaps best known for his novels, his work reflects experimental technique, sometimes ignoring time, space, or cause-and-effect, in the service of stories of individuals struggling to transcend fear and limitation.

His critical work on modern and post-modern literature has appeared in the Review of Contemporary Fiction, the American Book Review, and, recently, has included a chapter on the writing of his friend Raymond Federman in Jeffrey R. DiLeo's collection [http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5075-federmans-fictions.aspx Federman's Fictions (SUNY Press, 2011)].

Gerdes is also the editor of the [http://www.experimentalfiction.com Journal of Experimental Fiction] and publisher of its associated press, JEF Books.

He is the author of

• [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3595683-projections Projections] [a novella, 1986, No Press]
• [https://www.amazon.com/Truly-Fine-Citizen-Romantic-Present/dp/0913617091 Truly Fine Citizen] [a novel, 1989, Highlander Press]
• [https://www.experimentalfiction.com/products/ring-in-a-river Ring in a River] [a novel, 1992, Depth Charge Press]
• [http://www.fuguestatepress.com/cistern.html Cistern Tawdry] [a novel, 2002, Fugue State Press]
• [https://redhen.org/book/przewalskis-horse/ Przewalski's Horse] [a novel, 2006, Red Hen Press]
• [http://rawdogscreaming.com/books/the-million-year-centipede/ The Million-Year Centipede, or, Liquid Structures] [a novel, 2007, Raw Dog Screaming Press]
• [https://www.amazon.com/Bizarro-Starter-Kit-blue/dp/1933929626 Nin and Nan] (appeared in Bizarro Starter Kit (Blue) [a novella, 2008, Bizarro Press]
• [http://rawdogscreaming.com/books/my-landlady-the-lobotomist/ My Landlady the Lobotomist] [a novel, 2008, Raw Dog Screaming Press]
• [http://enigmaticink.weebly.com/the-unwelcome-guest-plus-nin-and-nan-by-eckhard-gerdes.html The Unwelcome Guest b/w Nin and Nan] [two novellas, 2010, Enigmatic Ink]
• [https://www.amazon.com/Hugh-Moore-Eckhard-Gerdes/dp/0994416768Hugh Moore] [a novel, 2010, Civil Coping Mechanisms; 2012, Heroinum Press; 2015, Dirt Heart Pharmacy Press]
• [http://enigmaticink.weebly.com/three-psychedelic-novellas-by-eckhard-gerdes.html Three Psychedelic Novellas] [three novellas, 2011, Enigmatic Ink]
• [https://sugargliderpress.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/the-sylvia-plath-cookbook-a-satire-2/ The Sylvia Plath Cookbook: A Satire] [a short story chapbook, 2012, Sugar Glider Press]
• [http://blackscatbooks.com/tag/eckhard-gerdes/ ’S A Bird] [a play, 2013, Black Scat Books]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104620/https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?products_id=1209 23 Skidoo! 23 Form-Fitting Poems] [poems, 2013, Finishing Line Press]
• [http://guidedogbooks.blogspot.com/ How to Read] [nonfiction, 2014, Guide Dog Books]
• [https://www.experimentalfiction.com/products/blues-for-youse?_pos=3&_sid=c95cb9eed&_ss=r Blues for Youse] [poems, 2015, ATTOHO Sounds]
• [https://www.amazon.com/White-Bungalows-Eckhard-Gerdes/dp/0994416709 White Bungalows] [a novel, 2015, Dirt Heart Pharmacy Press]
• [https://www.experimentalfiction.com/products/recto-and-verso-a-work-of-asemism-and-pareidolia Recto & Verso: A Work of Asemism and Pareidolia] [w/ Dominic Ward, art, 2015, Dirt Heart Pharmacy Press]
• [https://blackscatbooks.com/tag/plays/ Three Plays] [three plays, 2016, Black Scat Books]
• [https://blackscatbooks.com/2018/05/30/marco-and-iarlaith-slept-here// Marco & Iarlaith: A Novel in Flash Fictions] [novel, 2018, Black Scat Books]
• [https://blackscatbooks.com/2021/06/11/is-the-fourth-wall-a-urinal// The Pissers' Theatre] [novel, 2021, Black Scat Books]
• [https://www.experimentalfiction.com/collections/novels/products/the-chronicles-of-michel-du-jabot// The Chronicles of Michel du Jabot] [novel, 2022, JEF Books]
• [https://blackscatbooks.com/category/novel// The Isolate] [novel, 2023, Black Scat Books] (writing as Apollo Camembert)
• [https://www.ladolfieditore.it/index.php/en/catalogue/perle-narrativa/apollo-camembert-isolato-the-isolate.html// Isolato] [novel, 2023, Ladolfi Editore] (writing as Apollo Camembert, translated into Italian by Giuliano Ladolfi

• [https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/programs/english/press/books/andnowawards.php Recipient, &NOW Award for Innovative Writing]
• [http://www.southernscribe.com/news/archive/04_05.htm Nominee, Georgia Author of the Year]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151212231304/http://www.starcherone.com/prize.htm Finalist, Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction]
• [http://parisbitterheartspit.blogspot.com/2007/10/blatt-novel-of-novels-contest.html Finalist, The Blatt Novel of Novels Award]
• [http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/04/wonderland-book-award-final-ballot/ Finalist, Wonderland Book Award]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125658/http://www.schoolsoup.com/scholarship-directory/state/Richard-Bissell-Creative-Writing-Award-82271/ Recipient, Richard Pike Bissell Award for Creative Writing]

Essays on his work, and reviews of individual publications, have appeared in

• [https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-chronicles-of-eckhard-gerdes/ 3:AM Magazine]
• [http://texasreviewpress.org/journal/archive/2010.html Texas Review]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135813/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-chapters/11452635/possibility-space American Book Review]
• [http://www.raintaxi.com/vol-8-no-1-sprin-2003-29/ Rain Taxi]
• [http://ndreview.nd.edu/archived-issues/ndr-23/ Notre Dame Review]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160220145118/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-207061459.html Review of Contemporary Fiction]
• [http://dailyspress.blogspot.com/2010/06/unwelcome-guest-and-nin-and-nan-eckhard.html Blue Print Review], and elsewhere.

• [http://rawdogscreaming.com/authors/eckhard-gerdes/ Bio from Raw Dog Screaming Press]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140821053917/http://bizarrocentral.com/312-2/eckhard-gerdes/ Bizarro Central]
• [http://www.eckhardgerdes.com Author's website]
• [http://www.experimentalfiction.com The Journal of Experimental Fiction website]
• [http://www.wordriot.org/archives/870 Word Riot interview]
• [http://penmenreview.com/spotlight/the-penmen-profile-writer-editor-and-poet-eckhard-gerdes/ Penman Review interview]
• [https://eandecompoundingpharmacy.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/eckhard-gerdes-interview/ E & E's Compounding Pharmacy interview]

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