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
