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Book Review: "The Laughing Monsters" by Denis Johnson

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The Laughing Monsters
By Denis Johnson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

It's funny that the same...

Book Review: "A Killer Retreat" by Tracy Weber

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A Killer Retreat
By Tracy Weber
Midnight Ink
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

Oh, what to say about a book from a basement...

Book Review: "Wayzata" by Ted Korsmo

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Wayzata
By Ted Korsmo
Self-published
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

I have to confess, although there are certainly other...

Book Review: "Undead Obsessed" by Jessica Robinson

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Undead Obsessed: Finding Meaning in Zombies
By Jessica Robinson
Booktrope
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

I have to confes...

Book Review: "The Black Hour" by Lori Rader-Day

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The Black Hour
By Lori Rader-Day
Seventh Street Books
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

So first, let me get my bias out of...

Book Review: "Two Small Birds" by Dave Newman

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Two Small Birds
By Dave Newman
Writers Tribe Books
Reviewed by Jason Pettus

Dave Newman's Two Small Birds is the be...

Book Review: "Muscle Cars," by Stephen G. Eoannou

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Muscle Cars
By Stephen G. Eoannou
Santa Fe Writers Project (SFWP)
Reviewed by Karl Wolff

Devo asks, "Are we not...

Book Review: "Does Not Love" by James Tadd Adcox

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Does Not Love
By James Tadd Adcox
Curbside Splendour
Reviewed by Chris Schahfer

James Tadd Adcox's first novel, Doe...

The last CCLaP Weekender of the year is here!

The last 2014 edition of our new e-magazine, The CCLaP Weekender released every Friday morning, is now online for your free downloading pleasure. It features a new piece of original fiction by Matt Rowan; a photography feature highlighting the work of Russian artist Masha Demianova; and our usual look at the upcoming week of Chicago literary events. Use the links below to access it right now.

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Come out to our last two events of the year!

Well, we're getting close to the date that CCLaP shuts down every year for the holidays (we pare down our activities to a bare minimum from Thanksgiving to New Year's every year, for those who don't know, just to give our hard-working staff some much-needed time off), but I wanted to remind you about two more live Chicago events we're squeezing in before that happens...



First, I'm happy to say that we're doing yet another campus-specific contributor party to celebrate the "city all-star" stude...