The modern approach to the genre of memoir has become a strange examination on the fragility of the genre itself.…
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…
#1081 The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006)
The Lives of Others is a brilliant feat of storytelling that portrays the necessity of artistic subversiveness in the face…
#1186 Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Straight Outta Compton is the 2015 biopic that tells the story of Eazy-E’s (and the rest of NWA’s) genesis and…
