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July 11, 2014
Book Review: "Rumble in Brooklyn: A Memoir," by Joseph Trigoboff
(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.)
Rumble in Brooklyn: A Memoir
By Joseph Trigoboff
Bare Knuckles Press
Reviewed by Karl Wolff
Life was pretty easy...
Rumble in Brooklyn: A Memoir
By Joseph Trigoboff
Bare Knuckles Press
Reviewed by Karl Wolff
Life was pretty easy...
June 30, 2014
METAPOST: We're hiring some book reviewers again
Well, for the first time in over a year, I'm happy to say that we are officially bringing some new book reviewers on board around here; so if you've always wanted to write insightful long-form essays here for the CCLaP blog, now is the time to drop us a line at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com and let us know. We're trying things a little differently this time -- in the past, our aim has always been to hire a small amount of critics for actual pay and have them do a lot of writing -- but since we'r...
Hey, it's a bonus stop for Mason Johnson's "Sad Robot Stories" book tour!
I know I said on Friday that we had reached the end of the virtual book tour for Mason Johnson's CCLaP novella, Sad Robot Stories; but I'm excited to say that one more stop actually squeaked in online this weekend! It is in fact a stop by the Weeklings arts-and-culture magazine, where Mason has penned a guest essay about the '80s sci-fi thriller Cherry 2000 and what this may or may not have to do with his adolescent sexual yearnings for robots. This is a wonderfully naughty way to end what tu...
June 27, 2014
It's the end of Mason Johnson's "Sad Robot Stories" book tour!
It's the end today of the virtual book tour for Mason Johnson's CCLaP novella, Sad Robot Stories! I'd like to again thank everyone who helped to make this tour happen, with a special big thanks to our marketing director Lori Hettler for all her hard work in keeping this schedule held together, and to make a mention of the last few stops the tour took this week: namely, on Wednesday Mason was hanging out at Guiltless Reading, where he did a special new hilarious video that breaks apart the ent...
Book Review: "There Were These People," by Brian Leli
(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.)
There Were These People
By Brian Leli
Self-published
Reviewed by Karl Wolff
Not much gets said about the miscell...
There Were These People
By Brian Leli
Self-published
Reviewed by Karl Wolff
Not much gets said about the miscell...
Thanks for coming out to the CCLaP Showcase! And look who's featuring next month!
I want to thank everyone who made it out in the middle of a rainstorm this Tuesday, to attend the inaugural edition of our new reading series, the CCLaP Showcase over at City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood. The storm unfortunately kept things intimate that night, but a fun time was had by all, and headliner Bill Hillman was his usual funny, gregarious self. The recording of the show will be going up at the podcast not this coming Monday but the Monday after that, so I hope you'll...
The CCLaP Weekender for June 27th 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 typed version of our April podcast interview with author Justin Kramon; a photography feature highlighting the work of Italian artist Alessandro Passerini; and our usual look at the upcoming week of local literary events happening all across the city. Use the links below to access it right now.
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June 24, 2014
The CCLaP Showcase with Bill Hillman is tonight!
I hope to see all you Chicagoans out tonight at the inaugural edition of our new reading series and open mic, the CCLaP Showcase being held at City Lit Books in the Logan Square neighborhood (2523 N. Kedzie). Tonight's show will feature the great local writer Bill Hillman, author of the recent coming-of-age tale and big national hit The Old Neighborhood, plus six other great local writers reading in the show's open-mic slots. We'll be bringing free beer and wine, so make sure to stop by after...
It's week two of Mason Johnson's "Sad Robot Stories" book tour!
(UPDATE: Today's stop over at Curbside Splendor is now live as well!) It's week two of the virtual book tour for Mason Johnson's CCLaP novella, Sad Robot Stories! Today Mason is hanging out with CCLaP's own Lori Hettler, over at the 'Next Best Book Blog', where he has shared a new video detailing the place in his apartment where he does all his writing. And here's a rundown again of all the stops from last week, for anyone who missed a day...
Last Monday Mason was at Chicago Literati, who ran...
June 20, 2014
The CCLaP Weekender for June 20th 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. Today is a special edition, entirely devoted to Chicago photojournalist Rich Myers' images from his recent trip to Ukraine and the violent conflict taking place there, including a guided interview about his experiences led by fellow local journalist David Masciotra. The issue also includes our usual look at the upcoming week of local literary events...
