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The "Chicago After Dark" release party has a date!

CCLaP's newest book, the "city all-star" student anthology Chicago After Dark, has been selling like gangbusters since its release last week, easily the fastest selling title in our entire history so far; and now I'm happy to announce that we've set up a citywide release party to celebrate the book, which will be taking place on Tuesday, October 28th over at City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood (2523 N. Kedzie), from 6 to 9 pm. It'll feature free food and drinks, plus a selection o...

CCLaP Podcast 120: The CCLaP Showcase with Paulette Livers

It's Monday, which means it's time for another episode of the CCLaP Podcast. Today, it's a special one-hour live recording from the September edition of our new "CCLaP Showcase" reading series and open mic, held at the fantastic City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood (2523 N. Kedzie). This month's edition features a special performance from local author Paulette Livers, reading from her novel Cementville.

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CCLaP Podcast 119: Author Paulette Livers

It's Monday, which means it's time for another episode of the CCLaP Podcast. Today, it's a one-hour talk with local writer Paulette Livers, author of the haunting and darkly poetic Vietnam War novel Cementville. Also featuring the music of MRTN and John Mark Nelson.

Links to the things and people mentioned in today's episode:
Paulette Livers
Cementville
Ox-Bow Artist Residence
Counterpoint
Mighty Sword Studio
MRTN
John Mark Nelson

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Book Review: "'Zine," by Pagan Kennedy

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



'Zine: How I Spent Six Years of My Life in the Underground and Finally ... Found Myself ... I Think
By Pagan K...

The CCLaP Weekender for September 19th is here!

This week's 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 Tim Fitts; a photography feature highlighting the work of French artist Claude Somot; 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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Week of Updates: We have a new poster!

We're spending the week around here getting everyone updated on all the things that have been happening at CCLaP behind the scenes recently, and here's something I've been excited about announcing for a long time now -- we have a new screenprinted poster available! It's a donated design by revered local illustrator Erik Rodriguez, and printed in two colors onto heavy cardstock by Chicago photographer Rich Myers, all as a way of giving out something small and special to all our featured perfor...

Week of Updates: Our newest book is here!

It's been a busy month behind the scenes here at CCLaP, with several old projects finally now finished and a couple of new projects under our belt too; and I'm happy to say that we're going to have a major new announcement for you here at the site every day this week. First up -- our newest book is now out! And in fact this is a brand-new type of book for us too, the first of what we hope will be a long-running annual series, a "city all-star" student anthology that features work from student...

The CCLaP Weekender for September 12th is here!

This week's 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 Oliver Zarandi; a photography feature highlighting the work of German artist Wolfwendy; and our usual look at the upcoming week of Chicago literary events. Use the links below to access it right now.

Right-click here for PDF / Voluntarily donate 99 cents
Online version at Issuu.com (or just use the embedde...

Book Review: "In the American Night," by Christopher Bernard

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



In the American Night
By Christopher Bernard
A Press of Rabble
Reviewed by Karl Wolff

Christopher Bernard is one...

CCLaP Podcast 118: The CCLaP Showcase with Amber Hargroder

It's Monday Tuesday, which means it's time for another episode of the CCLaP Podcast. Today, it's a special one-hour live recording from the August edition of our new "CCLaP Showcase" reading series and open mic, held at the fantastic City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood (2523 N. Kedzie). This month's edition features a special performance from local playwright Amber Hargroder, reading from her new novel-in-progress.

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