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Black Clock At The University Of Iowa’s Summer Writing Festival
Copies of Black Clock will be available for sale at a special discounted rate, Thursday June 26th from 10 AM to 5 PM, The University of Iowa’s 22nd Annual Summer Writing Festival. Selected issues of the magazine will be available for purchase at the Literary Magazine and Small Press Book Fair sponsored by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [CLMP].
Proceeds from the fair will help fund CLMP and its ongoing initiatives in support of independent literary publishers.
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CLMP | Sale | University Of Iowa
Black Clock At Housing Works Bookstore Café
Issues of Black Clock will be available for sale at a special discounted rate, Sunday June 15th from noon to 5 PM, at the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses‘ [CLMP’s] 9th Annual Literary Magazine Fair, held this year in Soho at Housing Works Bookstore Café.
In addition to helping fund CLMP and its ongoing initiatives in support of independent literary publishers, proceeds from the event will be donated to Housing Works, a nonprofit organization offering assistance to homeless individuals living with HIV / AIDS.
Additional information about the 9th Annual Literary Magazine Fair is available at: http://www.livefromhome.org/events/.
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Benefit | CLMP | Housing Works | Sale
Celebrate Los Angeles Literature With Black Clock And Los Angeles Magazines
Celebrate Los Angeles Literature with Black Clock and Los Angeles magazines
In conjunction with BookExpo America
Friday, May 30th 2008
7 PM - 10PM
The William Turner Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
- Open bar sponsored by Krol Vodka, Malibu Family Wines and Fiji Water
- Hors d’oeurves
- Music
- Sneak preview of Greg Miller’s show “Unforeseen Frontier”
Please RSVP to events@blackclock.org by Thursday, May 29th.
(For directions to Bergamot station, please follow the “Read More” link below.)
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Bergamot Station | BookExpo America | Fiji Water | Greg Miller | Krol Vodka | Los Angeles Magazine | Malibu Family Wines
Black Clock 8 Reading At The Mandrake
Black Clock 8 Reading @ The Mandrake
Sunday, March 16 2008, 4:00 PM
Join us at the launch party for Black Clock 8 at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 16 at The Mandrake. The party will feature readings by the following BC8 contributors.
- ALEX AUSTIN is the author of several plays including Dupe, which will be staged this summer in Los Angeles. “The Dark Ride” in this issue is excerpted from The Dark Ride of Asbury Park, the sequel to his novel The Perfume Factory.
- CHRIS KRAUS is the author of the novels I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia, Torpor and the forthcoming Summer of Hate, and a collection of art essays.
- GEORGE MELROD, a screenwriter and art critic, used to love visiting American historical tourist sites as a kid. He currently is the editor of art ltd. magazine.
- GEOFF NICHOLSON is the author of fourteen novels as well the in-progress 14 Minutes, about an Andy Warhol look-alike, and the forthcoming non-fiction The Lost Art of Walking.
- MADY SCHUTZMAN has written for Theatre Topics, Women and Performance, The Drama Review and American Communication Journal, and is writing a play about Llano del Rio, a California utopian colony. She also is coeditor of two anthologies on the work of theatre director Augusto Boal and teaches writing and performance theory at CalArts.
- LISA TEASLEY is the author of the novels Heat Signature and Dive and the award-winning collection Glow in the Dark. She also wrote and hosted the BBC documentary High School Prom, which was short-listed for the EMMA Award.
The Mandrake serves up an ambient mix of art and social spaces: the ideal venue to showcase the cutting-edge voices of Black Clock.
The Mandrake = 2692 S La Cienega Blvd. (Between Venice Blvd. and Washington Blvd.), Los Angeles, CA 90034, (310) 837-3297
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Alex Austin | Black Clock 8 | Chris Kraus | Geoff Nicholson | George Melrod | Lisa Teasley | Mady Schutzman | Reading | The Mandrake
Black Clock Editor Steve Erickson Reading At The National Arts Club
Black Clock Editor Steve Erickson reading at the National Arts Club
Thursday, January 31 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Steve Erickson will be reading from his latest novel, Zeroville, in the NAC Dining Room. Reception to follow.
National Arts Club = 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003, (212) 475-3424
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Reading | Steve Erickson | Zeroville