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		<title>D*U*C*K by Poppy Z. Brite</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An easily devoured read, D*U*C*K by cult author Poppy Z. Brite leaves readers wanting more. First things first, while this is just one book in a series Brite dubs her &#8220;Liquorverse,&#8221; dealing with characters Rickey and G-man throughout novels from The Value of X to Soul Kitchen and beyond, the novella stands alone as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Hope for Gomez! by Graham Parke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graham Parke&#8217;s novel, No Hope For Gomez!, is an unusual read, and we&#8217;d expect nothing less from the 2008 winner of Broken Pencil&#8217;s Indie Deathmatch writing competition (his short story, &#8220;Amsterdam at Midnight&#8221; took the title). Without spoiling the plot too much, here&#8217;s the back-cover summary of the action: &#8220;Boy meets girl. Boy stalks girl. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of America by Lorrie Moore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I ever take it upon myself to do something insane like spending another 30 grand to get an MFA in Creative Writing, I&#8217;d want Lorrie Moore to be my thesis advisor and writing mentor. Ever since I first read her short story &#8220;How to Become A Writer,&#8221; I knew we were literary soulmates. Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read mainly during a stint scoring Hawaii Math at one of the country&#8217;s top education testing facilities, Paul Theroux&#8217;s Hotel Honolulu provided a nice counterpoint to the terribly misguided papers I was reading for 8 hours a day. I am contractually bound to keep the details of my scoring gigs confidential, so I&#8217;ll say no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Road by Cormac McCarthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Road by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think it&#8217;s safe to say there&#8217;s a &#8220;cult&#8221; of Cormac McCarthy followers, now that both The Road and No Country for Old Men have been made into films. Nevertheless, this was my first read-through for McCarthy, and it was kind of an assignment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writers&#8217; League of Texas Book Sale and Panel Discussion, March 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the Writer&#8217;s League of Texas is getting in on SXSW fever! They&#8217;ll be holding a Sidewalk Book Sale on March 18 in the WLT parking lot at 611 South Congress, starting at 1 PM and extending to 6:30 PM to get in on the act and take advantage of springtime in Austin. Additionally, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate reading bestsellers. Maybe this is a stupid prejudice, or maybe it proves what a snob I am, but in general, I&#8217;ve found that I&#8217;m more often disappointed when I read a book that supposedly &#8220;everyone&#8221; loves. I am not everyone. Books should not be written for EVERYONE. That&#8217;s my opinion. Still, I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Eggers at BookPeople</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, seriously: What&#8217;s up with you Austinites and your wristbands? Apparently Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney&#8217;s Quarterly Concern, is going to be in town doing a reading at local book-fave BookPeople on Wednesday, March 3, and only those with wristbands are allowed to join the book-signing line. To get a wristband, you must have purchased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson My rating: 5 of 5 stars A brilliant book by Jeanette Winterson, one of my favorite authors of all time. Whenever I worry that there&#8217;s no place for me in the literary world, I read one of Jeanette&#8217;s books and feel relieved to know that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg My rating: 3 of 5 stars For Chicago Poems I guess I was expecting something more. The definition of this &#8220;City of Big Shoulders&#8221; and a mythology one could cling to, the way New Yorkers define themselves against the rest of the world. Carl Sandburg was the namesake for the [...]]]></description>
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