Singular, idiosyncratic and a little mysterious, Black Clock is one of America's leading literary journals.

Coming Events—

Past Events—

17.02.2013
Black Clock 16 Reading at The Last Bookstore

Black Clock 16 Reading

Featuring Henry Bean*, Craig Clevenger, Rick Moody and Claire Phillips, introduced by Steve Erickson

*UPDATE: Unfortunately Henry Bean will not be able to appear.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

4:00 pm

The Last Bookstore

453 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA
213-488-0599

21.04.2012
Black Clock at the L.A. Times Festival of Books

Come visit Black Clock‘s booth at the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books to get your copy of Black Clock 15, back issues and more!

Saurday April 21, 2012

10:00 am-6:00 pm

Sunday April 22, 2012

10:00am-5:00pm

USC Campus

Visit the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books website for more information

29.04.2012
Black Clock 15 Reading at Mandrake

Black Clock 15 Reading
Featuring Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Lethem, Anthony Miller, Claire Phillips, Geoff Nicholson and Matthew Specktor, introduced by Steve Erickson

Sunday April 29 2012

2:00 pm

Mandrake Bar

2692 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90034
(310) 837-3297

Mandrake

 

31.03.2012
Black Clock at the Mission Creek Festival, March 31st

Visit Black Clock’s booth at Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival Small Press and Literary Journal Book Fair. Hot-off-the-presses issue 15 will be for sale, along with a selection of back issues.
Saturday, March 31st, 11:00 am-4:00 pm
The Mill
120 E. Burlington St.
Iowa City, IA
http://missionfreak.com/

 

25.03.2012
Black Clock in NY, March 2012

Black Clock 15 Reading
Featuring Rick Moody, Anthony Miller, Geoffrey O’Brien, Kyra Simone, Lynne Tillman and Steve Erickson

Sunday March 25 2012

4:30 pm

McNally-Jackson Books
52 Prince St
New York, New York 10012-3309
212/274-1160

(Later that same week…)

Christopher Byrd & Black Clock Editor Steve Erickson
In Coversation

Tuesday March 27 2012

7 pm

BookCourt
163 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718/875-3677

11.12.2011
Black Clock 14 Reading

Black Clock 14 Reading at Mandrake Bar

Sunday December 11 2011

7 PM

Mandrake Bar
2692 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles,  California 90034
(between Venice and Washington boulevards)
310 /837-3297

Join us as we celebrate the rebirth of Black Clock in a new format at Mandrake Bar, with readings from Black Clock 14  featuring RICK MOODY, SETH GREENLAND, MERRILL FEITELL, TARA ISON, and SARA GEROT, introduced by STEVE ERICKSON.

FREE to attend. Adults 21 and over.

30.04.2011
Black Clock At The Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books

LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (4/30-5/1@10AM-6PM and 5PM on Sunday, LA)
University of Southern California, Exposition Blvd and S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
Panel Discussions, Booksellers, All Things Literary, Food, and of Course, Black Clock! Free. Parking at the USC campus will be $10.

Bruce Bauman, senior editor of Black Clock will be a participant on The Vanguard: Literary Journals panel. He’s joined by Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa of Slake magazine and Brigid Hughes, founder of A Public Space—an independent magazine of art and argument. The discussion will take place in the Annenberg Auditorium on Saturday, April 30, at 1:30 pm.


13.02.2011
Black Clock 13 Reading

Black Clock 13: The Art of the Mix-Tape Reading at Skylight Books

Sunday February 13 2011

5 PM – 8 PM

Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323/660-1175

Come join us as we celebrate Black Clock 13 at Skylight Books with readings by AIMEE BENDER, JANET FITCH, JONATHAN LETHEM, SUSAN STRAIGHT, and LISA TEASLEY with STEVE ERICKSON as emcee.

Buy a copy of 13 at the reading and receive an additional back issue of Black Clock for FREE.

And yes, of course it’s FREE to attend.

19.09.2010
Black Clock 12 Reading At Skylight Books

Black Clock 12 Reading At Skylight Books

Sunday September 19 2010

5 PM – 7 PM

Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323/660-1175

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of Black Clock 12.  Six of the magazine’s contributors (all first-team; all “ballers”) will read from their work: Monica Carter, Paul Cullum, Samantha Dunn, Tod Goldberg, Richard Rayner, and Nina Revoyr.

Additional information is available at http://www.skylightbooks.com

16.05.2010
The 13th Hour: Black Clock Blog Launch Party

May 16, 2010 @ 5:00pm

the wulf
1026 South Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90021
tel. +212 431 5270

The 13th hour is near! Join Black Clock for a night of new media in wild celebration of our blog launch at the wulf. Listen to readings by fresh voices: an imaginary interview with Herman Melville, a meditation on the reality/fiction of Orpheus, a postmodern poetry experiment, and music by Wounded Dinosaur.

We will have Anchor Steam Beer on tap and wine.

(Image courtesy of Eliza Frye: www.elizafrye.com)