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    <title>KQED: The Writers' Block Podcast</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[KQED's weekly reading series featuring writers and performers of all stripes reading the latest short fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry. Visit www.kqed.org/writersblock to check out the complete archive.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[KQED's weekly reading series featuring writers and performers of all stripes reading the latest short fiction, non-fiction, theater and poetry. Visit www.kqed.org/writersblock to check out the complete archive.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Robert Gluck: Denny Smith</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Robert Gluck reads "Conviction," a short story from Denny Smith about fathers and theft.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:04:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Robert Gluck reads "Conviction," a short story from Denny Smith about fathers and theft.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>J. M. Tyree: My Other Family</title>
      <description><![CDATA[J.M. Tyree reads "My Other Family," a story of child abandonment and revenge that takes place in a Wal-Mart.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:03:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[J.M. Tyree reads "My Other Family," a story of child abandonment and revenge that takes place in a Wal-Mart.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Miranda Mellis: The Revisionist</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Miranda Mellis reads a passage from The Revisionist about a civil scientist hired to revise the facts of a crumbling society.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:53:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Miranda Mellis reads a passage from The Revisionist about a civil scientist hired to revise the facts of a crumbling society.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>16:02</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Stewart O'Nan: Songs for the Missing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Stewart O'Nan reads a passage from Songs for the Missing, the story of a girl's disappearance and its effect on those left behind.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:42:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>11:48</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Vincent Carrella: Serpent Box</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Vincent Carrella reads a passage from Serpent Box, the story of Pentecostal preachers in Appalachia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:18:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vincent Carrella reads a passage from Serpent Box, the story of Pentecostal preachers in Appalachia.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Kate Hahn: Forgotten Fashion</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kate Hahn reads an excerpt from Forgotten Fashion, a tongue-in-cheek history of faux fashion trends.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kate Hahn reads an excerpt from Forgotten Fashion, a tongue-in-cheek history of faux fashion trends.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Margot Kahn: Horses that Buck</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Margot Kahn reads a passage from Horses that Buck, the story of a Wyoming cowboy and the transformation of his world, the frontier West.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:54:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>22:57</itunes:duration>
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      <title>David Francis: Stray Dog Winter</title>
      <description><![CDATA[David Francis reads a passage from Stray Dog Summer about a young boy and his relationship with his alcoholic mother.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:23:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[David Francis reads a passage from Stray Dog Summer about a young boy and his relationship with his alcoholic mother.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>17:26</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Carson Mell: Saguaro</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Carson Mell reads a passage from Saguaro, a first person rock memoir chronicling the life of Bobby Allen Bird.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:13:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carson Mell reads a passage from Saguaro, a first person rock memoir chronicling the life of Bobby Allen Bird.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>18:15</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Carol Cassella: Oxygen</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Carol Cassella reads an excerpt from Oxygen, the story of an anesthesiologist's life.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carol Cassella reads an excerpt from Oxygen, the story of an anesthesiologist's life.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>11:43</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Joe Meno: Demons in the Spring</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Joe Meno reads What a Schoolgirl You Are, a short story from Demons in the Spring that addresses the reader as an awkward teenage girl trying out for a cheerleader squad, and is ingeniously structured after a choose-your-own adventure story.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:53:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Meno reads What a Schoolgirl You Are, a short story from Demons in the Spring that addresses the reader as an awkward teenage girl trying out for a cheerleader squad, and is ingeniously structured after a choose-your-own adventure story.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>19:04</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Playground/Pine: Investing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[PlayGround presents Julia McNeal and Ken Sonkin in Evelyn Jean Pine's short play, Investing. Jim Kleinmann directs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:44:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[PlayGround presents Julia McNeal and Ken Sonkin in Evelyn Jean Pine's short play, Investing. Jim Kleinmann directs.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Selden Edwards: The Little Book</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Selden Edwards reads a passage from The Little Book, the story of a California rock legend who finds himself in the past &mdash; 1897 Vienna.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:54:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Selden Edwards reads a passage from The Little Book, the story of a California rock legend who finds himself in the past &mdash; 1897 Vienna.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Junot Diaz reads a passage from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the story of an overweight Dominican boy growing up in New Jersey.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:03:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Junot Diaz reads a passage from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the story of an overweight Dominican boy growing up in New Jersey.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>15:36</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Hanif Kureishi: Something to Tell You</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hanif Kureishi reads an excerpt from SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, the story of a middle-aged psychoanalyst with a dark secret.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:04:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hanif Kureishi reads an excerpt from SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, the story of a middle-aged psychoanalyst with a dark secret.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Amy Tan: Fate Luck Chance</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amy Tan and Stewart Wallace read a passage from Fate! Luck! Chance! describing the inspiration for the opera adaptation of Tan's best-selling novel, The Bonesetter's Daughter.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:35:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amy Tan and Stewart Wallace read a passage from Fate! Luck! Chance! describing the inspiration for the opera adaptation of Tan's best-selling novel, The Bonesetter's Daughter.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>10:44</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Donna George Storey: Thirteen Views of Grief</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Donna George Storey reads "Thirteen Views of Grief," an essay tracing the impact of her father's death from when she was seventeen to the present day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:43:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Donna George Storey reads "Thirteen Views of Grief," an essay tracing the impact of her father's death from when she was seventeen to the present day.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>20:37</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Andrew Davidson: The Gargoyle</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Andrew Davidson reads an excerpt from the beginning of his first novel, THE GARGOYLE.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:19:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Linda Robertson: What Rhymes with Bastard</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Linda Robertson reads an excerpt from Chapter 3 of her memoir, WHAT RHYMES WITH BASTARD, and performs an accordion ditty called ALL MADE UP.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:42:38 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Linda Robertson reads an excerpt from Chapter 3 of her memoir, WHAT RHYMES WITH BASTARD, and performs an accordion ditty called ALL MADE UP.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Paul Auster: Man in the Dark</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Paul Auster reads the first chapter of his latest novel, MAN IN THE DARK, a story within a story about a writer and the character he has created to end the war inside his head.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:03:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul Auster reads the first chapter of his latest novel, MAN IN THE DARK, a story within a story about a writer and the character he has created to end the war inside his head.]]></itunes:summary>
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