Media



Awards, Recognitions, & Honors

• First Place Winner of The Luminaire Award for Best Prose  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted Best Book of 2014 on The Spark  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted Best Book of 2014 on The Next Best Book Club  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted Best Book of 2014 on Chicago Book Review  |  December 2014  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted Best Book of 2014 on The Spark  |  December 2014  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted Top 10 Best Book of 2014 on Bent Country  |  December 2014  |  [Source]
Above All Men voted a Best Book & “Best Use of Risk-Taking Dialogue” on Steph Post ... And Writing  |  December 2014  |  [Source]
• Lafayette Flats, Fayetteville, WV New River Gorge Winter Writer-in-Residence Recipient  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
• Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Midwest Connections 2014 Pick (Above All Men)  |  December 2013  |  [Source]
Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship Award from University of California at Riverside  |  2009


Reviews

Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Chicago Book Review  |  December 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, by Karen Brissette, #1 reviewer on Goodreads  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Revolution John  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novella, Rene, on Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Taylor Brown Fiction  |  July 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on The Lit Pub  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Sundog Lit  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Steph Post ... And Writing  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Poet Hound  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on CCLaP  |  May 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on The Examiner  |  April 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on San Francisco Book Review  |  April 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Booksie’s Blog  |  April 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on L. M. Stull Book Reviews  |  March 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, in Foreword Reviews  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on The Museum of Americana  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Two-Legged Animal  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, in Los Angeles Review of Books  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, in JMWW Winter 2014  |  January 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on The Next Best Book Club Blog  |  January 2014  |  [Source]
Review of the novel, Above All Men, on Books, Personally  |  December 2013  |  [Source]
Review of the novella, Rene, on Tom Gold Books  |  May 2013  |  [Source]


Newspapers & Online Articles

Article about Second Cup book tour reading in Tempo Magazine  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Article about New River Gorge Winter Writer Residency in The Register-Herald  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Article about New River Gorge Winter Writer Residency on Channel 59 WVNSTV  |  November 2014  |  [Source]
Article about New River Gorge Winter Writer Residency in The State Journal  |  November 2014  |  [Source]
Article about New River Gorge Winter Writer Residency on Channel 7 WTRF  |  November 2014  |  [Source]
Article about the Morehead State University reading in The Independent  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about the Old Books on Front Street reading in The Star News  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about the Morehead State University reading in Morehead State University News WKMY 90.3 FM  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about The Booksellers at Laurelwood reading in The Memphis Flyer  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about the Malvern Books reading in The Austin Statesman  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and The Book House, Inc., reading in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and The Book House, Inc., reading in The Missouri Sentinal  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and St. Clair Winery reading on Deming Radio  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and St. Clair Winery reading in Deming Headlight  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and Florey’s Book Co. reading in Pacifica Tribune  |  March 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and Literati reading in Michigan’s M Live  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men and Literati reading in Ann Arbor District Library  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Article about Above All Men in Athens, Ohio’s The Post  |  October 2013  |  [Source]


Interviews

Interview on Enclave  |  January 2015  |  [Source]
Interview on JMWW  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
Interview/Reading on Quiddity Public-Radio Program WUIS 91.9FM  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Pákatelas KCFC 88.1FM  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on 3B Radio KXNA 104.9FM The X  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Shoog Radio KABF 88.3FM  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on The Next Best Book Club Blog  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Mr Bear’s Violet Hour: The Secret Lives of Stuffed Animals  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Poet Hound  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on The Austin Review  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on The Idle Class  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Author/Reader Q&A on The Next Best Book Club  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Buddy’s Writing Show  |  July 2014  |  [Source]
Interview in SouthWest Sage  |  July 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Steph Post ... And Writing  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Rent Party and Doggerel  |  May 2014  |  [Source]
Interview on Quiddity: International Literary Journal & Public-Radio Program  |  May 2014  |  [Source]
Interview about Above All Men on Fiction Writers Review  |  March 2014  |  [Source]
Interview about Above All Men on The Museum of Americana  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Interview about writing and Above All Men on Dashboard Citizen  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Radio Interview about Above All Men on The Authors Show  |  December 2013  |  [Source]


Features, Blurbs, & Mentions

Mention of Above All Men on The Next Best Book Club  |  November 2014  |  [Source]
Feature of Quiddity Public-Radio Program on Public Radio Exchange  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
Mention of Above All Men by author Schuler Benson in his interview on Steph Post ... And Writing  |  September 2014  |  [Source]
Mention of Above All Men in Great Lakes Review  |  August 2014  |  [Source]
Mention of Above All Men by author Taylor Brown in his interview on Revolution John  |  July 2014  |  [Source]
Feature of Above All Men book trailers as Clip of the Day on Poets & Writers  |  June 2014  |  [Source]
Feature about Eric’s bookshelf on Grab the Lapels  |  May 2014  |  [Source]
Blurb about Above All Men on Chicago Literati  |  May 2014  |  [Source]
Blurb about Above All Men on Electric Literature  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Blurb about Above All Men on Two-Legged Animal  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Blurb about Above All Men on Dashboard Citizen  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Blurb and guest column about Above All Men on The Next Best Book Club  |  February 2014  |  [Source]
Feature about Eric’s February 2014 reading on Literati Bookstore  |  January 2014  |  [Source]
Feature about Eric’s March 2014 reading on Skylight Books  |  December 2013  |  [Source]


Readings, Videos, & Mixed Media

Featured Reading on Quiddity Public-Radio Program Tumblr  |  October 2014  |  [Source]
Book Trailers for Above All Men on YouTube and Vimeo  |  June 2014  |  [Source] [Source]
Podcast Reading on Skylight Books Podcast  |  June 2014  |  [Source]