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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
Keywords:
Reading | Steve Erickson | Zeroville
Black Clock 7 Reading At MOCA
Black Clock 7 Reading @ MOCA
Sunday, September 23 2007, 3:00 PM
Black Clock celebrates its 7th issue with readings from the following BC7 contributors:
- JANET FITCH is the author of last year’s Paint It Black. Her first novel White Oleander was translated into twenty-four languages and made into a feature film. Currently she’s at work on her third novel and teaches writing at USC.
- SETH GREENLAND’s play Jungle Rot won the American Theater Critics Association Award and Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award. His new novel will be published by Bloomsbury next year.
- TARA ISON’s first novel A Child Out Of Alcatraz was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her new novel is The List.
- GRACE KRILANOVICH recently finished her first novel, The Orange Eats Creeps, of which this issue’s “Warlock” is an excerpt. Her work appeared in the third and fourth issues of Black Clock and she’s a graduate of the CalArts MFA Writing Program.
- GEOFF NICHOLSON is the author of fourteen novels including The Hollywood Dodo and What We Did On Our Holidays, now a feature film to appear at festivals later this year.
- RACHEL RESNICK is the author of Go West Young F*cked-Up Chick, and her new novel, Sway, is excerpted in this issue. Currently she’s at work on a memoir called Love Junkie. She also runs a luxe writing retreat (writersonfire.com).
Admission for this event is free.
MOCA = 250 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 621-2766
Keywords:
Black Clock 7 | Geoff Nicholson | Grace Krilanovich | Jnet Fitch | MOCA | Rachel Resnick | Reading | Seth Greenland | Tara Ison
Black Clock Benefit At REDCAT
Black Clock Benefit @ Redcat
Thursday, February 15 2007, 7:30 PM
Please join us on the evening of 2.15.07 at REDCAT (631 West Second Street Los Angeles 90012) in celebrating Black Clock, the Los Angeles-based literary magazine. Tickets are issued on a sliding scale: $5, $25, or more if you’re feeling generous.
Appearing at REDCAT will be:
- AIMEE BENDER, author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, An Invisible Sign Of My Own and Willful Creatures
- FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK, author of Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books
- BEN EHRENREICH, author of The Suitors
- YXTA MAYA MURRAY, author of The Conquest, The Queen Jade and the forthcoming The King’s Gold
- SUSAN STRAIGHT, author of A Million Nightingales, Highwire Moon and I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen And Licked Out All the Pots
- LISA TEASLEY, author of Heat Signature, Dive and Glow In The Dark
- DAVID L. ULIN, author of The Myth of Solid Ground and editor of The Los Angeles Times Book Review
and
- STEVE ERICKSON, editor of Black Clock and author of Our Ecstatic Days and the forthcoming Zeroville, in conversation with MICHAEL SILVERBLATT, host of KCRW’s “Bookworm.”
This event is co-hosted by the CalArts MFA Writing Program and the School of Critical Studies. For ticket information please call REDCAT at (213) 237-2800 or visit www.redcat.org.
Keywords:
Aimee Bender | Ben Ehrenreich | Benefit | David L. Ulin | Francesca Lia Block | Lisa Teasley | Michael Silverblatt | Reading | REDCAT | Steve Erickson | Susan Straight | Yxta Maya Murray
Black Clock 6 Launch At Beyond Baroque
Black Clock 6 Launch @ Beyond Baroque
Sunday, December 10 2006, 2:00 PM
Black Clock, the literary journal edited by Steve Erickson and published by California Institute of the Arts, will be having a reading to launch its sixth issue. It will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, December 10th at Beyond Baroque (681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA, 310-822-3006). FREE.
Featured Readers:
- ROBERT EISELE
- ELOISE KLEIN HEALY
- KAREN HOLDEN
- BRIGHDE MULLINS
- MAGGIE NELSON
- JANET STERNBURG
- STEPHANIE RIOUX
Keywords:
Beyond Baroque | Black Clock 6 | Brighde Mullins | Eloise Klein Healy | Janet Sternburg | Karen Holden | Maggie Nelson | Reading | Robert Eisele | Stephanie Rioux
Black Clock 5 Reading At Dutton’s Brentwood Books
Black Clock 5 Reading @ Dutton’s Brentwood Books
Sunday, September 17 2006, 2:00 P.M.
Black Clock celebrates its 5th issue with readings from the following BC5 contributors:
- AJ ALBANY
- HANNAH BLEIER
- JENNY BURMAN
- DAVID MARTINO
- LOU MATHEWS
- JOY NICHOLSON
- MARY YUKARI WATERS
Dutton’s Brentwood Books = 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049, (310) 476-6263
Keywords:
AJ Albany | Black Clock 5 | David Martino | Dutton's | Hannah Bleier | Jenny Burman | Reading