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SUMMARY:CCLaP Quadruple Book Release Party
LOCATION:Beauty Bar\, 1444 W. Chicago Ave.\, 
 Chicago\, Illinois
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DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Center for Literature 
 and Photography is proud to announ
 ce their latest local live event\, 
 a large-scale party to celebrate t
 he release of their first four pap
 er books this summer. An electroni
 c publisher since 2007\, CCLaP has 
 been quietly releasing new special
 -edition\, handmade "Hypermodern" p
 aper editions of its four titles t
 hroughout the summer\; and on Augus
 t 10th the group will be gathering
  at the popular Beauty Bar in the 
 Noble Square neighborhood for drin
 ks\, free food\, and a half-hour rea
 ding from all four featured author
 s\, as well as a few surprise guest
 s. Beauty Bar is located at 1444 W
 est Chicago Avenue\, and the free e
 vent will take place from 7 to 9 p
 .m.\, the reading itself from 8:00 
 to 8:30. All four books will be fo
 r sale individually for $20 apiece
 \; or for one night only\, attendees
  can purchase all four in a bundle
  for only $50.\n\nBooks and performe
 rs being featured that night inclu
 de the novella "Too Young to Fall 
 Asleep" by SALLY WEIGEL\, about a R
 adiohead-listening "emo" high-scho
 ol student who volunteers for the 
 Iraq War (originally published in 
 2009 [cclapcenter.com/asleep])\; "9
 9 Problems" by BEN TANZER\, essays 
 about the mental intersection betw
 een running and writing (originall
 y published in 2010 [cclapcenter.c
 om/99problems])\; "Life After Sleep
 " by MARK R. BRAND\, a day-after-to
 morrow tale concerning a device th
 at allows people to only need two 
 hours of sleep a night (originally
  published this past winter [cclap
 center.com/lifeaftersleep])\; and "
 Salt Creek Anthology" by JASON FIS
 K\, a collection of linked "micro-s
 tories" regarding four trashy coup
 les in the far Chicago suburbs (pu
 blished this summer [cclapcenter.c
 om/saltcreek]). \n\nCCLaP's "Hypermo
 dern" series [cclapcenter.com/hype
 rmodern] is an attempt to create s
 pecial collector-worthy editions o
 f all the center's electronic book
 s\, reasonably priced yet expertly 
 made\; they feature handmade hardbo
 und covers\, including a color phot
 o of the ebook's original cover ad
 hered to the front\, external Copti
 c stitching\, whimsical decorative 
 endpapers\, a special signature/pro
 venance page for collectors\, and a
  full Colophon in the back listing
  all materials used. CCLaP itself 
 has been open online since 2007\, a
 nd with a handful of local live ev
 ents held in varying venues across
  the city each year\; the center al
 so produces a semi-weekly podcast\,
  sells general giftstore-style mer
 chandise\, and publishes over 150 b
 ook reviews a year at its popular 
 website. Among other accolades\, it
 's been featured twice at respecte
 d arts guide BoingBoing.net\, and i
 ts blog is followed by almost ten 
 thousand unique monthly visitors.\n
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