CCLaP Fridays: Crystal Ships, by Richard Sharp
This week Karl Wolff reviews “Crystal Ships,” by Richard Sharp, a novel about surviving the Sixties. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Crystal Ships, by Richard Sharp
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CCLaP Journal #4 is here!
At a reduced price, CCLaP Journal #4 has great reviews, featured photographers, and an interview with Cory Doctorow. Continue reading CCLaP Journal #4 is here!
CCLaP Fridays: A Land Without Sin, by Paula Huston
This week Karl Wolff reviews Paula Huston’s stunning adventure novel, “A Land Without Sin,” about Eva, a photojournalist from a family of Chicago-area Croatian Catholics, who searches for her lost brother, last heard of working in Zapatista-occupied Mexico. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: A Land Without Sin, by Paula Huston
On Being Human Redux: Further looks at books and movies that examine the question of humanity
On Being Human Redux is an essay series that looks at serial killers, clones, the Culture series, a Beckett play, bunnies in Beatrix Potter and Richard Adams, and adroids. Continue reading On Being Human Redux: Further looks at books and movies that examine the question of humanity
Translation Tuesdays: Louis XXX, by Georges Bataille
With Louis XXX, Georges Bataille explores the dark territory between art and pornography. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Louis XXX, by Georges Bataille
CCLaP Fridays: The Beatles Are Here!, edited by Penelope Rowlands
This week Karl Wolff reviews “The Beatles Are Here!” by Penelope Rowlands, a look back at the Fab Four’s impact on the lives of musicians, writers, and longtime fans. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Beatles Are Here!, edited by Penelope Rowlands
CCLaP Fridays: The Compostela Cube, by Paul Cavilla
This week Karl Wolff reviews, “The Compostela Cube,” by Paul Cavilla, in which a relic hunter and an artifact historian team up to find a magical object that will save the world. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Compostela Cube, by Paul Cavilla
The Lance Carbuncle Interview
Over at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, Sloughing Off the Rot received my pick for Best Bizarro Literature Book for 2013. I talk with the author, Reverend Lance Carbuncle, about the book’s inspiration, his work schedule, and blumpkins. Seriously, what’s with those things? Continue reading The Lance Carbuncle Interview
CCLaP Fridays: The Mustache He’s Always Wanted But Could Never Grow and Other Stories, by Brian Alan Ellis
This week Karl Wolff reviews Brian Alan Ellis’s short story collection, “The Mustache He’s Always Wanted but Could Never Grow,” a lowbrow bizarro collection of sex crazed lunatics, professional wrestlers, and other of society’s derelicts. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Mustache He’s Always Wanted But Could Never Grow and Other Stories, by Brian Alan Ellis
CCLaP Fridays: The Year in Books, My Personal Picks
Gunmages, Nazi mind readers, sovereign debt, democracy versus authoritarianism … all that in more in Karl Wolff’s picks for the 2013 Year in Books. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: The Year in Books, My Personal Picks
The Driftless Area Review 