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

Issue— #2

Issue No. 2

Black Clock 2 sings, but not to any standard tune or familiar air. What does the lost music of the imagination sound like? Though never to be heard, to what worlds do such sounds provide transport? Black Clock 2 resonates with those and many other musical questions, and, in so doing, echoes with wishes, longings and both those hurts and delights that attach themselves to our aspirations.

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  • Heather MilesMariana's Song
  • Greil MarcusMasked Marauders
  • Lewis ShinerPerfidia
  • Michael VenturaDamballah Rising
  • David ToopThe Magnetic Field
  • Andrew HultkransRevolution Blues
  • Samantha DunnAnother Lost Angel (Is This Thing On?)
  • Jonathan LethemOtis Redding's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Heidi JulavitsThe White Albums
  • Bruce BaumanZimmerman's Last Dream
  • Rick MoodyThe Fear Of God Sessions
  • Heather MilesDirection (While Listening To Bob Dylan's Desire)
  • Geoff NicholsonThe Dust Blows Forward 'N' Sand Blows Back
  • Shelley JacksonHere Is The Church
  • Chris RobertsCrashing
  • Sean HoweThere But For Grace Is God
  • Lynne TillmanLater
  • Brian EvensonBon Scott: The Choir Years
  • Miranda JulyThe Young Untold
  • Ben MarcusJohn Cage's Secret Halls And The Human Beat Box
  • Arion BergerAurochs And Angels
  • David L. UlinBoulevard Of Broken Dreams
  • Darcey SteinkeBones Of The Back
  • Greil MarcusUnmasked Marauders
  • Ange Mlinko, Greil Marcus, Daphne Brooks, Joshua Clover, Oliver Wang and Ann PowersCritical Karaoke
  • Steve EricksonPaul Is Dead
  • Emily WhiteThe City Of The Dead Girl