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CCLaP's latest original book, the running/writing essay collection 99 Problems by Ben Tanzer, is now available. Click here for a lot more about it, and to start the purchasing/downloading process.

CCLaP's fifth "white paper" is also now out, a series of minor publications that simply reprint longer material originally published here at the site; in this case, it's CCLaP's four-part look at the best books of 2009. Click here to download a copy for free.

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