Interview: Lisa Teasley (03/12/2008)
(Photo: Austin Young)
Date: March 12, 2008
Location: Seminar Room, Butler Building, CalArts Visiting Writers Series
Los Angeles-born and -based writer Lisa Teasley is fearless. A risk-taker, at least. Or so it would seem. She skateboards, she paints (“a physical working out of the imagination through color”), and she writes about subject matter that many might think of as taboo. An audacious spirit tempered by an amiable nature, Teasley is a profoundly engaging performer, able, almost effortlessly, to command the attention of her audience.
Keywords:
CalArts | Character | Laura Vena | Lisa Teasley | Reading | Visiting Writers Series | Wanda Coleman
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
Keywords:
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
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