I was asked to read Idaho by one of Ruskovich’s colleagues and another one of her mentors who both mentored…
The Tender Bar by J.R.Moehringer
The modern approach to the genre of memoir has become a strange examination on the fragility of the genre itself.…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
While Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is far from a perfect film, it unrelentingly grabs the attention of…
Our Infinite Playlist
Read Garrett’s newest contribution to Assignment Magazine, “Our Infinite Playlist.” Garrett reflects on crafting the perfect playlist for his graduating…
The Debut by Anita Brookner
It would be no surprise to me to find that Wes Anderson took some of his more quirky, melancholic characters…
Selected Paragraphs…
Follow this link over to Assignment Magazine Online where you can read a paragraph from Garrett’s MFA thesis and new…
The Line
The Line by Garrett Zecker Click above to read the new piece published today at Assignment Magazine Online.
Welcome
Welcome to the new website for author Garrett Zecker. This website will contain a wide variety of material, from book…
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
A spectacular blooming-lily of a book, Moonglow takes Chabon’s grandfather’s complicated and hazy-bordered personal family history and reinterprets it through the lens of…
Troublemaker by Leah Remini
I read Remini’s momoir after finishing up Jenna Miscavage Hill’s memoir about growing up in the Sea Org, “Beyond Belief.” I have also…
