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Special Offer For New Subscribers to Black Clock
Black Clock is offering a special subscription discount to new subscribers, good through August 2008: you can choose to take $15 off a 2-year subscription (list price: $35 USD) OR give a friend a free 1-year subscription (value: $20 USD) with the purchase of one 2-year subscription at list price.
To act on this offer, please visit Black Clock at Fiction On Demand and enter the coupon code bcfreeyr when completing your order. If you choose the second option, please also enter your recipient's name in the "Notes" field when completing your order.
Black Clock @ The Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books (UCLA)
Saturday, April 26 2008 (10 AM to 6 PM) - Sunday, April 27 2008 (10 AM to 5 PM)
Black Clock and CalArts will be among the exhibitors at the 13th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books. Drop by booth #661 (Zone F - Dickson Court North) to meet our editorial staff, purchase issues of Black Clock, and learn more about The CalArts MFA Writing Program. Additionally, Black Clock Editor Steve Erickson and Senior Editor Bruce Bauman will be participating in the following Festival panels:
Please consult the Festival website for further information about admission, parking, schedules, etc.
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.
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
Black Clock Exhibit @ The CalArts Library
A glimpse inside the pages of the literary journal Black Clock, featuring innovative literature and design, is now on display in the CalArts library. The display offers a closer look at the eclectic texts, striking layouts, and integrative approach to literature and image that define Black Clock's signature style.
For more information about the CalArts Library (services, hours, etc.) please visit the library's website: http://www.calarts.edu/library.
Black Clock 8 (Fall 2007 / Winter 2008) is now available
The 8th issue of Black Clock arrives on newsstands and in bookstores in early January 2008. The stories and poetry in the newest issue of California Institute of the Arts' (CalArts) literary journal are "loosely linked by the idea of physical and emotional nomadism," says editor Steve Erickson. "These are travels and sojourns of the outward and inward sort, guided by such writers as Geoffrey O'Brien, Susan Straight, Tom Carson, Lisa Teasley, Yxta Maya Murray, Chris Kraus, Michael Ventura and others."
From the cover image of a tunnel leading deep into the magazine's pages, Black Clock 8 speaks to our wanderlust even if, as in the case of Geoff Nicholson's "A Walk Around the World," the central character decides to walk a distance circling the globe all within his own backyard. In "The Sting of Irrelevancy" author Joanna Scott is stranded in Rome and finds herself contemplating Jorge Luis Borges' wandering dreamers, while in Lewis Shiner's "Wonderland" the protagonist's journey takes him only a few blocks from where he lives and works into 1960's Harlem -- which might as well be another planet.
Black Clock at AWP 2008 in NYC
Wednesday, January 30 2008 - Saturday, February 2 2008
Black Clock staff will be in attendance at the 2008 Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair, held this year at the Hilton New York & Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers. Stop by our booth; issues of the magazine will be available for purchase.
For more information about AWP 2008, please visit the conference website: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2008awpconf.php.
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