Friday, July 16, 2010

NPR Podcast of Goose Authors's Fiction


Last Friday Flightless Goose author Eric D. Goodman read an abridgement of his story, “One Last Hit,” on Baltimore’s NPR station, WYPR. The serialized excerpt from TRACKS aired on The Signal, on the air and online at noon and 7. TRACKS is a novel in stories that takes place on a train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago.


Miss the broadcast? Listen to the podcast at the link below!


“One Last Hit” was originally published in the Freshly Squeezed anthology published by Loyola’s Apprentice House. It follows a hit man as he prepares to carry out his last job and contemplates how he got into the unscrupulous business to begin with.


Be sure to hit this lit! The reading is about 22 minutes into the podcast at the link below.


http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=1672430&pid=347&sid=14


Friday, July 9, 2010

Tune in to NPR for a "Hit" of Fiction



Today Flightless Goose author Eric D. Goodman returns to the local NPR station (WYPR) to read from his fiction on The Signal. Each week The Signal explores the cultural landscape of Baltimore.


Tune in on the radio or online. The broadcast is at 12 noon and repeats at 7 p.m. today: Friday, July 9. Adjust your radio to 88.1 FM or log on to www.wypr.org.


“One Last Hit” is an abridged story from TRACKS, a novel in stories that takes place on a train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago.


The story was originally published in the Freshly Squeezed anthology published by Loyola’s Apprentice House. It follows a hit man as he prepares to carry out his last job and contemplates how he got into the unscrupulous business to begin with.


The novel is represented by the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency Inc. in New York.


Enjoy this hit of fiction today at 88.1 FM or www.wypr.org. Tune in at noon or 7.


Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Flightless Goose Lands at LakeFest

Flightless Goose has found a new lake!

Gilbert will be featured at the Columbia Festival of the Arts’ BookFest at LakeFest.

LakeFest is a weekend full of free, fun events for the entire family. With books, art exhibits, music, kids’ entertainment and crafts, demonstrations and a variety of activities for all ages, it’s a jam-packed weekend guaranteed to be fun for everyone!

BookFest at Lakefest puts a literary spin on the festivities.

From 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, BookFest at LakeFest offers a free Kid’s Lit Hour. Flightless Goose author Eric D. Goodman will partner with Laura Shovan, the Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Education for Poetry and winner of this year’s Harriss Poetry Prize. After a reading of Flightless Goose, Laura will conduct a family poetry craft with the kids.

Eric will be signing copies of Flightless Goose for kids and their families — so come for the poetry and stay for the books!

Learn more about Laura Shovan at her website.

www.laurashovan.com

Find out more about Columbia Festival of the Arts’ BookFest at LakeFest at the official website.

www.columbiafestival.com/lakeFest.aspx

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Goose Featured on Digital Review

Once again Flightless Goose author Eric D. Goodman was asked to be a guest on a student-produced, literary-focused television show at Loyola college’s Baltimore campus. In the interview, Eric was asked about Flightless Goose, TRACKS, WOMB, tips on writing, the creative process, finding an agent and editor, and the Baltimore literary scene. Most of the interview is about Flightless Goose, and a huge poster Gilbert shares the screen with his creator.

The program is called Digital Review: An Interview with Eric D. Goodman.

But you don’t have to be affiliated with Loyola to enjoy the show – you can view it now on YouTube. Tune in below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgF7d4CKcgI

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Goose Author Shares Lit & Art on April 25

Get Lit & Art on April 25
You’re invited to join a group of local writers, poets, musicians, and artists for this Sunday’s Lit & Art at the Watermark.

Like all Lit & Art events, it is free and open to the public. Wine, food, and refreshments will be served—along with healthy helpings of lit, art, and music. An open mic session gives you the opportunity to share your work as well.

Featured authors this time include Kathy Cottle, Meg Adams, Barbara Friedland, Sonia Linebaugh, and Flightless Goose author Eric D. Goodman. Nitin Jagdish emcees. The art of Manzar and music of Red Tractor Factory will fill out the afternoon.

The event takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 25 at The Watermark Gallery, located in the Bank of America Center Skywalk Level, right across from the Inner Harbor, at 100 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland. The phone number is (410) 547-0452.

Come experience what has been called “the best excuse to get lit in Baltimore on a Sunday afternoon.”

Monday, April 12, 2010

Apprentice House Showcases Authors at Loyola University

Flightless Goose Author Eric D. Goodman will read from his novel in stories, Tracks, this week at Loyola University.

The country’s only student-staffed, campus-based book publisher, Apprentice House of Loyola University, celebrates a selection of recently published books on Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Loyola University, 4501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.

“One Last Hit,” a story from Tracks, was published in the Apprentice House anthology, Freshly Squeezed. Eric will read his story as part of the Author’s Showcase.

The reading and reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Student Center’s Fourth Floor Programming Room at Loyola’s Evergreen Campus.

The publisher has been featured in Publishers Weekly (twice), The Sun, City Paper, The Examiner, The Urbanite, and the newsletter of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Its annual chapbook contest draws more than fifty entries per year.

The event marks a rare area appearance for Seattle-based poet Paul Nelson, founder of the nonprofit Global Voices Radio and past president of the Washington Poets Association. In his epic poem, Nelson re-enacts the history of Auburn, Washington, originally known as the town of Slaughter. Written in the spirit of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, and Michael McClure, A Time Before Slaughter explores the history of this Northwestern place from the myths of Native people to the xenophobia toward Japanese-Americans, from the urge to control to the hunger for liberation.

Light refreshments will be served. Books will also be available for purchase.

Loyola University is located at 4501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21210. The Student Center is adjacent to the athletic fields near the intersection on Millbrook Road and East Cold Spring Lane. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about Apprentice House, please visit www.ApprenticeHouse.com, or for directions and parking, please visit www.loyola.edu and enter search term “directions.”

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Flightless Goose at CityLit Fest

Author Eric D. Goodman will be sharing his book, Flightless Goose, at the seventh annual CityLit Festival. Dubbed "a can't miss event on the city's cultural scene," the free, day-long festival is presented by CityLit Project and Enoch Pratt Free Library.

The Festival features many authors and poets, including Elizabeth Kostova, who wrote The Swan Thieves. It may sound similar since it includes waterfowl in the title, but it is a very different book.

Other featured writers include Sam Lipsyte, Stanley Plumly, Laura Shovan, Victoria Rowell, Maud Casey, Michael Downs, Lia Purpura, Rosalia Scalia, Ron Tanner, and Rafael Alvarez.

If you come for the festivities, be sure to stop by the Flightless Goose booth where you’ll have the opportunity to get your own autographed copy of the full-color, hardcover storybook for children.

The free festival takes place from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, at the Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, downtown Baltimore.

More details and a complete schedule can be found on the CityLit website.

www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=49