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		<title>Review: The Awful Possibilities by Christian TeBordo</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/25/review-the-awful-possibilities-by-christian-tebordo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[christian tebordo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[featherproof books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the awful possibilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Awful Possibilities is the car accident that you can&#8217;t tear your eyes from as you drive by it on the free way.  It&#8217;s the horror movie you started watching and now, damn it, you have to finish.  It&#8217;s the unsettling chunk of story you overhear on the train that fills the rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/23/the-field-guide-to-prose-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonfiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rose metal press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry&#8211;sadly the bastard child of the publishing industry these days&#8211;has a place close to my heart.  As a longtime poet (since 2nd grade!) and an MA degree holder in English literature with a specialization in poetry, I feel qualified to adjudicate a book on the study and appreciation of the art.  In addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review:  IraqiGirl, Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq by Hadiya</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/21/review-iraqigirl-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-in-iraq-by-hadiya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haymarket books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraqigirl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonfiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tragic and inspiring, the story of fifteen-year-old Hadiya living and blogging in Mosul, Iraq is presented in print form by Haymarket Books, Chicago’s own progressive and nonprofit book publisher.  IraqiGirl is a series of edited—for grammar—blog posts from Hadiya as she attempts to make sense of what is happening in native country.   As an American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Shortpants Observer</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/19/review-the-shortpants-observer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anya davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[becca taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corinne mucha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeremy tinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shortpants press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the shortpants observer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found a copy of The Shortpants Observer, issue number one, on the free table at Quimby’s (glorious) Free Comic Book Day table.  I devoured the whole issue that day and loved it.  Published by Short Pants Press, an independent Chicago publisher focused on comics and graphic work of all kinds, this journal is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Carless in Chicago by Jason Rothstein</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/17/review-carless-in-chicago-by-jason-rothstein/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/17/review-carless-in-chicago-by-jason-rothstein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carless in chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason rothstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake claremont press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonfiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never owned a car, and I can happily say that being carless in Chicago has been a much easier experience than anywhere else I’ve lived.  For this reason, I was delighted to find a copy of Carless in Chicago by Jason Rothstein, published by Chicago publisher Lake Claremont Press, on my doorstep.  If you’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening with Colleen Taylor Sen&#8217;s Curry: A Global History</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/16/an-evening-with-colleen-taylor-sens-curry-a-global-history/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/16/an-evening-with-colleen-taylor-sens-curry-a-global-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colleen taylor sen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curry: a global history]]></category>
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Chicago author Colleen Taylor Sen&#8217;s Curry: A Global History is a wonderful examination of curry throughout the ages.  Full of pictures, the book details the history of curry as it spread throughout the world.  The book also features several curry recipes, both old and new.  Intrigued, I set off to recreate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Beyond My Control by Nancy Friday</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/06/15/beyond-my-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beyond my control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my secret garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nancy friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonfiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Friday’s Beyond My Control is a follow-up to her groundbreaking 1973 book My Secret Garden, which detailed real women’s sexual fantasies that they had shared with the author through letters and video-recorded interviews.  My Secret Garden was a groundbreaking book at the time, though today you might find an average issue of Cosmopolitan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska&#8217;s Tongass Rain Forest</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/19/salmon-in-the-trees-life-in-alaskas-tongass-rain-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/19/salmon-in-the-trees-life-in-alaskas-tongass-rain-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 01:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alaska wilderness coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amy gulick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salmon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the mountaineers books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everything about this book gets it right.  Salmon in the Trees is a beautifully produced book of award-winning nature photography by native Chicagoan Amy Gulick that depicts life in the Tongass Rain Forest in Alaska.  As a coffee table book, an act of conservation, and a work of art, this book hits the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Should Read This: Poetry Magazine, May 2010</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/15/you-should-read-this-poetry-magazine-may-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/15/you-should-read-this-poetry-magazine-may-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[d.h. tracey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hester knibbe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ruth lilly poetry prize]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know, I really should mention the fact that Poetry Magazine is the bee&#8217;s fucking knees more often on this site.  Every month it reminds me why I love to read poetry, and makes me feel guilty for not spending more of my time writing it.
This month&#8217;s issue is particularly good, featuring the work of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pond Punkies</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/15/pond-punkies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 23:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cynthia nunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lisa riebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pond punkies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ravine publishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Lisa Riebe,
I hate to do this.  You were so nice when I met you at the Chicago Artist&#8217;s Expo a few months ago.  I do appreciate that you gave me a signed copy of your new children&#8217;s book, Pond Punkies, for review.  However, I read the first chapter of your book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radiohead and Philosophy</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/13/radiohead-and-philosophy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/13/radiohead-and-philosophy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open court books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop culture and philosophy series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiohead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiohead and philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Radiohead and Philosophy is part of the &#8220;Pop Culture and Philosophy&#8221; series by local publisher Open Court Books. This series sets up two conditions within which one reads the book. First, the book is a collection of academic-style essays on a range of topics that connect philosophical study with the music, production, and themes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Granta 108: Chicago is Granta&#8217;s Highest Selling Issue of All Time</title>
		<link>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/12/granta-108-chicago-is-grantas-highest-selling-issue-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://publishchicago.com/2010/05/12/granta-108-chicago-is-grantas-highest-selling-issue-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[granta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[granta 108: chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently caught wind of a rumor floating around the Chicago literary community that Granta 108: Chicago was the British literary journal&#8217;s highest selling issue of all time.  I spoke with Patrick Ryan of Granta to confirm this fact.  &#8220;I don’t have the numbers,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but, yes, it was our highest selling [...]]]></description>
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