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Swinging Modern Sounds #78: Conceived as a Playlist

  • Rick Moody
  • March 7, 2017
Shadowbahn [...] is among the most unusual, and most extreme, in a literary career that has often been marked by its unpredictability.
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The Life and Times of Black Clock Magazine

  • David Breithaupt
  • October 25, 2016
The legendary Black Clock has been retired. At Lit Hub, novelist Bruce Bauman, author most recently of Broken Sleep, recounts the magazine’s history in a conversation with Jeff VanderMeer: From the very…
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • October 21, 2016
Sometimes, literary magazines fold. It happens all the time because of funding, or manpower, or editorial differences. Usually, print back issues remain for sale and online content is preserved indefinitely,…
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Notable NYC: 11/9–11/15

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 9, 2013
Saturday 11/9: The Comic Arts Festival features guest speakers, indie publishers, and self-published comic zines. Mt. Carmel Church -and- The Knitting Factory, 11am to 7pm, free. Colum McCann reads from…
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The Black Clock 17 Launch!

  • Ashley Perez
  • November 8, 2013
Hey Los Angeles Rockers! Sunday night is the launch and reading event of Black Clock, issue 17 and you know you want to be there. Come see readings by: Cecil Castellucci,…
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Erickson Eats Oranges, Or How To Really Like A Book

  • Michael Berger
  • July 29, 2010
I’m a sucker for blurbs, I have to admit. But then writers blurb their friends, right? It’s just the right thing to do, so maybe it doesn’t say that much…
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