Sunday afternoon marked the celebration of literary journal "Black Clock 15"—a robust, full-color issue devoted to all things cinema. The brainchild of novelist Steve Erickson, Black Clock is self-ascribed as “singular, idiosyncratic, and a little mysterious”—a mantra that precisely mirrors the tone of Sunday’s reading.
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Film Lore, Dark 'N Stormies, & Killer Prose: Black Clock 15 Reading at The Mandrake
Attention, LA Literati: An Inside Guide To The 2012 LA Times Festival of Books
Let the onslaught of all things literary in Los Angeles begin. The Los Angeles Times Festival of books is descending on our city this weekend and it promises to pack a seriously bookish punch. From fiction and poetry, to cooking, to a children’s stage and more, the 2012 LATFOB is only a few days away—and we can hardly wait. To tide you over until the gates open, here’s a rundown of all you need to know for this year’s festivities.
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Valerie Mendenhall Cohen presents Woman on the Rocks 7pm @ Vroman's
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Monday Dave Isay, from StoryCorps, presents Listening Is an Act of Love 7pm @ Vroman's Johan Lehrer presents Proust Was a Neuroscientist 7pm @ Dutton's Nigella Lawson presents The Domestic Goddess 7pm Borders, Torrance Tom Brokaw presents Boom! Voices of the Sixties 7:30pm @ Temple Emanuel Tuesday Clive Barker presents Mister B. Gone 7pm @ Vroman's Gregory Rodriguez presents Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds 7pm @ Central Library Susanne Daniels presents Season Finale 7pm @...
Get Your Lit On: The Spooky Week in Bookish LA
Jason Goodwin discusses and signs The Snake Stone 7pm @ Vroman's
LA Times Bookfest report: The LA lit panel
Panelists: (from left to right) Chris Abani, Steve Erickson, Michelle Huneven, Jim Krusoe
Book Report! LA Times Fest for You
The Festival of Books was just like SXSW, except with books instead of music, and with scarcely any drinking, drugs or sex. Nevertheless, it was enormous, exhausting and exhilarating. LAist made it to a couple of impressive panels focused on LA: one featuring DJ Waldie, Norman Klien and Richard Rayner; the other with Steve Erickson, Michelle Huneven, Peter Lefcourt and Michael Jaime-Becerra. Some of their bon mots follow. Just for you, we managed to ferret out one drug-related reading and pop in on a panel discussion about sex. Salacious details are after the jump.
Starring LA: Our Ecstatic Days
At Barnes & Noble's full-house reading last night, hosted by KCRW's Michael Silverblatt, it was apparent that Erickson's terrific writing is finally getting its due. Early reviews have been unapologetically adoring (Bookforum, CityBeat, Washington Post). Erickson's looping, time-twisting plotlines have long entranced readers who try to figure out how he does it; Silverblatt would ask about intention, and Erickson would return to intuition. "This isn't Finnegan's Wake," Erickson said. "It's not meant to be deciphered."
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