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Scott Navicky reads "Humboldt" in New Orleans, part 6!

Just half a week left until the release of CCLaP's first-ever full-length paperback novel, the absurdist comedy Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking by Scott Navicky! For the last week we've been running a series of videos Scott recently shot in New Orleans, reading from the New Orleans section of the book while in front of the various local landmarks he talks about in the manuscript; here is part 6 of that series (or click here if you're not seeing the embedded version above), with p...

Hey, frustrated novelists! Enroll in CCLaP's new "Master Class!"

Have an idea for a novel but have never sat down and written it? Or do you maybe have a first draft of a novel and have been meaning to do a professional edit of it? After years of being asked to offer such a thing, CCLaP is finally offering its first "Master Class" specifically for such people, a ten-week writing-intensive workshop taking place from March 17th through May 24th of this year. Designed to mimic the actual way we here at CCLaP get our signed manuscripts ready for public release,...

Scott Navicky reads "Humboldt" in New Orleans, part 5!

Less than a week to go before the release of our first-ever paperback novel, the absurdist intellectual comedy (think "Forrest Gump for McSweeney's-loving nerds") Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking, by Ohioan Scott Navicky! As regular visitors know, we've been posting a whole series of 60-second videos recently of Scott reading from the New Orleans section of the book while actually down in New Orleans on a recent trip; here's part five today (click here if you're not seeing the emb...

Book Review: "How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial" by Darryl Cunningham

(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 12 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.)



How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial
By Darryl Cunningham
Abrams ComicArts
Review by M...

Scott Navicky reads "Humboldt" in New Orleans, part 4!

Wow, just one more week until the release of CCLaP's first-ever full-length paperback novel, the absurdist intellectual comedy Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking, by Scott Navicky! Recently Scott had a chance to visit New Orleans, where he performed from the New Orleans section of his novel while his buddies videotaped him in sixty-second increments; here above is part 4 of that 11-part series (or click here if you're not seeing the embedded version), with more coming every day this...

CCLaP Journal #4 is here!

Well, it's been a long time coming, but I'm thrilled to say that issue #4 of The CCLaP Journal is now ready for your downloading pleasure! And the reason this particular issue is so exciting is not just because it's our first of the year, but because it's our first ever in its new format, now being published as a 200-page full-color paperback book with a cost of only $9.99. But don't worry! We still have the completely free PDF version that you can download by clicking here; or you can view t...

Scott Navicky reads "Humboldt" in New Orleans, part 3!

Just ten more days until the release of CCLaP's first-ever paperback novel, Scott Navicky's absurdist intellectual comedy Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking! And to build up momentum for the release, every day we're releasing a new one-minute video of Scott reading from the New Orleans section of the book, while in front of the various famous landmarks in New Orleans that he's talking about in that snippet. Here above is part 3 (or click here if you're not seeing the embedded versio...

Book Review: "A Land Without Sin," by Paula Huston

(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.)



A Land Without Sin
By Paula Huston
Slant/Wipf and Stock Publishers
Reviewed by Karl Wolff

Because Paula Huston's...

Scott Navicky reads "Humboldt" in New Orleans, part 2!

Just another eleven days until the release of CCLaP's first-ever paperback novel, the intellectual absurdist comedy Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking, by Ohio author Scott Navicky! And in fact Scott recently took a trip to New Orleans, where he and his buddies ended up shooting him performing from the New Orleans section of the novel, while in front of a series of landmarks actually discussed in the book. They're split up into eleven little sixty-second snippets, so we're going to...

CCLaP Photo Feature: Alessandro Passerini

This week's photographer feature at CCLaP highlights the work of Italian artist Alessandro Passerini. Right-click here to download the free PDF, or click here for the online "flippable" version at Issuu.com (or just use the embedded version above, if you're on a device that can display it). To let us know of your own work, please drop us a line at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com, or visit [cclapcenter.com/features] for all our past features.