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Book Review: "Worst. Person. Ever." by Douglas Coupland

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Worst. Person. Ever.
By Douglas Coupland
Blue Rider Press/ Penguin Publishing Group
Reviewed by Travis Fortney

Mayb...

Book Review: "Palmerino" by Melissa Pritchard

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Palmerino
By Melissa Pritchard
Bellevue Literary Press
Reviewed by Madeleine Maccar

Of all the successes contained...

It's April, so it must be time for the March "CCLaP Journal!"

Missed deadlines? What missed deadlines? As always, overwhelming demand here in 2014 for our original novels is unfortunately keeping our new monthly magazine, The CCLaP Journal, significantly delayed; but I'm happy to say that the March issue is now finally out (and it only took until April 7th!), 186 pages of ad-free goodness just waiting for your free downloading pleasure. This newest issue features a reprint of a 2012 podcast interview we did with Chicago author Joe Meno; new fiction by P...

CCLaP Podcast 109: Author Giano Cromley

It's Monday Friday, which means it's time for another episode of the CCLaP Podcast. Today, we kick off the eighth year of the podcast with a talk with Chicago author Giano Cromley, a former political speechwriter whose debut novel, the darkly comic coming-of-age tale The Last Good Halloween, came out last year. Also featuring the music of Samo Sound Boy and The Honey Trees.

Links to the things and people mentioned in today's episode:
Giano Cromley
The Last Good Halloween
Tortoise Books
Kennedy-Kin...

Wowee! It's the big 'Bullshit Artists' update!

Wow, has there been a lot of developments recently with CCLaP's newest book, Austinite Fernando A. Flores' ode to failed punk bands and small-town music scenes, Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, Vol. 1! The book has surprisingly become a legitimate mainstream success in Flores' home state of Texas, and we've been struggling to keep up with the overwhelming demand for this handmade hardback. (And speaking of which, thanks to all you mail-order customers who keep staying patient abo...

Book Review: "ApartFrom," by Constance A. Dunn

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ApartFrom
By Constance A. Dunn
KUBOA
Reviewed by Karl Wolff

ApartFrom by Constance A. Dunn taps into the traditi...

Announcing our May book, the spy thriller "Love Songs of the Revolution!"

Well, we have some exciting news to announce -- CCLaP is finally releasing its first-ever spy thriller! It's called Love Songs of the Revolution by a Los Angeles author named Bronwyn Mauldin, and it's officially online now for pre-release orders, in advance of its release to the general public on May 19th. It's a little unusual, in fact, because it's a piece of historical fiction as well; set during the anti-Soviet revolution in Lithuania in 1989, this is less Tom Clancy and more John Le Carr...

Book Review: "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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The Martian
By Andy Weir
Crown
Reviewed by Travis Fortney

The Martian, Andy Weir's energetic debut novel that reads...

Book Review: "And the Dark Sacred Night" by Julia Glass

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And the Dark Sacred Night
By Julia Glass
Pantheon
Reviewed by Madeleine Maccar

I don't remember many details from J...

CCLaP Photo Feature: Francis Flower

This week's photographer feature at CCLaP highlights the work of Italian artist Francis Flower. You can click here to download the free 20-page PDF, or click here instead to view the online "flippable" version at Issuu.com (or simply use the embedded version above if you're seeing it). For all our past features, please visit [cclapcenter.com/features], or to let us know of your own work, just drop us a line at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com.