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Music
Welcome to When You See Sparks, CLR’s New Music Blog
August 7, 2025We are pleased to announce the start of CLR’s new music blog. Ben Caro, a Los...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Critics’ Picks: Best Books of 2010
July 4, 2025Our annual selection of noteworthy books.
Movies
Welcome to The Fourth Wall, a New CLR Movie Blog
April 25, 2025We're excited about our first blog, The Fourth Wall which will provide a less formal and...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Critics’ Picks: Best Books of 2009
April 19, 2025Our annual selection of noteworthy books.
Non-Fiction Reviews
Review of In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
March 23, 2025In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Gray Wolf Press. 2019. Hardcover, The most impressive...
Nature
The Paintings of Tom Palmore
March 19, 2025"There are a handful of original wildlife artists and the rest are members of the ‘elk...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Stephen Baker Discusses The Numerati
March 19, 2025"The Internet, of course, is a huge source of data. Every click and keystroke can be...
Art
X-ray Photographs of David Arky
March 18, 2025Duane Michals expressed it well when he said, “Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is...
History
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1893: News Reports and Photos from Wisconsin Death Trip
March 18, 2025Tramps who were refused food at the home of John Ovenbeck in the town of Friendship,...
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