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Susan Straight and Chris Abani are in Black Clock II, coming soon! See below and/or go to <a href="http://blackclock.org/files/press/BC11_PressRelease.pdf">http://blackclock.org/files/press/BC11_PressRelease.pdf</a><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; 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"><b><i>D Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair</i></b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Department of Creative Writing, 4119 INTS</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">U of California, Riverside CA 92521</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">951.827.6076 FAX 951.827.3619</span></font></div></span></i></b></span></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span></span></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: Black Clock <<a href="mailto:info@blackclock.org">info@blackclock.org</a>><br>Subject: Black Clock November News<br>To: "<a href="mailto:gailarose@yahoo.com">gailarose@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gailarose@yahoo.com">gailarose@yahoo.com</a>><br>Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 8:28 AM<br><br> <div id="yiv1375128233"> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> #yiv1375128233 { text-align:center;background-color:#e2e2e4;padding-top:30px;} #yiv1375128233 table { margin:0 auto;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table#header { margin-bottom:10px;font-family:Georgia;} #yiv1375128233 table#header td.right { text-align:right;} #yiv1375128233 h1 { margin:0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 h1 a { width:98px;height:69px;display:block;} #yiv1375128233 h3 { font-family:Georgia;font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;margin:0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 td.button { border-left:1px solid #e2e2e2;} #yiv1375128233 td.button a { display:block;margin:0;padding:7px;font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;color:#000;text-decoration:none;} #yiv1375128233 h2 { font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;margin:0 0 15px 0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table.entry { border-bottom:1px solid #e2e2e2;text-align:left;} #yiv1375128233 table.entry p { font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;margin:0 0 15px 0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table.entry a { color:#000;} #yiv1375128233 table.entry img { width:200px;margin:0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table#footer { margin:0 auto;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 h4 { margin:0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table#footer { text-align:left;} #yiv1375128233 table#footer p { font-family:Arial;color:#000;font-size:11px;margin:0;padding:0;} #yiv1375128233 table#footer a { color:#4e8ed5;text-decoration:none;} #yiv1375128233 a img { border:none;text-decoration:none;} </style> <table id="header" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; 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This latest issue of California Institute of the Arts' (CalArts) acclaimed literary journal invites readers to roam the streets of forsaken cities, make camp in blasted landscapes, be dazzled by the mysterious connections lighting the horizon... Or wafting just out of reach... And listen to the secret stories told by characters who find themselves driven out of their own times by their own pursuits. </p><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">In bookstores 27 November 2009. </p><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><a style="COLOR: #000" href="http://blackclock.createsend1.com/t/r/l/hhttz/jjutdrkry/t" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BlackClock.org</a></p></td> <td width="200"><a style="COLOR: #000" href="http://blackclock.createsend1.com/t/r/l/hhttz/jjutdrkry/i" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 200px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" height="268" alt="Issue II Coming Soon" src="http://i1.createsend1.com/ei/r/9A/137/9FB/qgvh/BC_Cover_thumbnail152324.jpg" width="200"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="entry" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px auto; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e2e2e2 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellspacing="20" width="674" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <h2 style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><a style="COLOR: #000" rel="nofollow" name="D243FDCEA3CD51C2"></a>MOCA Release Reading</h2><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Forsaken cities and blasted landscapes, characters in exile, mysteries unwinding: Black Clock 11 features Richard Powers, Greil Marcus, Susan Straight, Chris Abani and Joanna Scott among others. </p><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Come celebrate Black Clock’s newest issue and listen to the literary stylings of some of its most prominent contributors: Rob Roberge, Chris Abani, Veronica Gonzalez, and Michaele Simmering. </p><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Black Clock 11 Release Reading<br>Sunday December 6, 2009<br>4pm<br>Ahmanson Auditorium, MOCA Grand Avenue<br>More information at <a style="COLOR: #000" href="http://us.mc824.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=education@moca.org&subject=Black%20Clock%20Reading" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:education@moca.org?subject=Black%20Clock%20Reading">education@moca.org</a><br>213/621-1745 </p><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Entry is free of charge.</p></td> <td width="200"><a style="COLOR: #000" href="http://blackclock.createsend1.com/t/r/l/hhttz/jjutdrkry/d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 200px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" height="268" alt="MOCA Release Reading" src="http://i2.createsend1.com/ei/r/9A/137/9FB/qdlutd/moca_tumbnail152751.jpg" width="200"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="entry" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px auto; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #e2e2e2 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellspacing="20" width="674" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <h2 style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><a style="COLOR: #000" rel="nofollow" name="3B4910082564135F"></a>About Black Clock</h2><p style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 15px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Black Clock is a biannual magazine dedicated to fiction, poetry, and creative essays that explore the frontier territory of constructive anarchy. 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