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		<title>Word Pirates Hosts Fiction &amp; Beer Pairings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come enjoy a round (or two) of lively fiction and craft beer at one of the Bay Area’s premier beer bars.
Join us March 13 as the writing group Word Pirates puts a new twist on the old art of telling a good story over a round of beers. Accompanied by thirty craft beers on tap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Pirates In New Orleans</title>
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		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2011/07/24/word-pirates-in-new-orleans/</link>
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		<title>Ken In Twelve Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken has a story up in the new issue of Twelve Stories. Excerpt: 
Because he didn’t travel well, Alexander Gödel packed his bags (an upright suitcase, an Italian calf-skin attaché, and a sparkling-new bowling ball tote to house his goldfish) and headed to his local airport. In purchasing tickets to a foreign country—“somewhere with tall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2011/04/08/ken-in-twelve-stories/</link>
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		<title>Marcia&#8217;s New Book: DIY Cocktails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Word Pirates are moving into book publishing. Marcia Simmon&#8217;s first book DIY Cocktails is out! 

Marcia wrote this book as part of the Drink of the Week blog. According to the site: 
&#8220;We’ve concocted the only guide that teaches you to create your own infallible drinks. Using a simple system of basic ratios, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2011/03/31/marcias-new-book-diy-cocktails/</link>
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		<title>Ken in failbetter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Word Pirate Ken Weaver has a new short story up at failbetter. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Wood Liquor.&#8221; Excerpt:
Jacinto’s decision to switch from ethanol to methanol was purely economic. Backing heavy sacks of sugar and maize all the way from Punta to home, Punta to home, Punta to home, often stole the greater part of his day: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2011/02/08/ken-in-failbetter/</link>
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		<title>Joy in LitnImage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, check it out! I have a short story up in LitnImage. It&#8217;s called Flatten, Poke, and Blow. Excerpt: 
Judith’s parents’ barn is full of wooden spools. There are dozens of them wound with rope as thick as tree branches. Being in the barn is like being inside a giant sewing kit.
Our moms told us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2011/01/18/joy-in-litnimage/</link>
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		<title>Bad Parenting In Action</title>
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All right, this kid is a spoiled brat. I never once had a reaction like this at Christmas&#8211;my parents would never have allowed me to spit in the faces of their presents. But also, this kid&#8217;s attitude toward books makes me sad. 
Besides, I keep begging everyone to give me books for Christmas, and no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2010/12/21/bad-parenting-in-action/</link>
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		<title>Movie Review: Becoming Jane</title>
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Did you know that Jane Austen pretty much lived out Pride and Prejudice in real life, only she didn’t get married at the end? Neither did I, but that is what Hollywood wants you to believe in its biopic “Becoming Jane.” Anne Hathaway plays Jane Austen in a film where she undergoes the events that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2010/12/14/movie-review-becoming-jane/</link>
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		<title>I Want To Write A Novel</title>
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		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2010/11/30/i-want-to-write-a-novel/</link>
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		<title>Movie Review: Howl</title>
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If you haven&#8217;t read Allen Ginsberg&#8217;s Howl, you can read it or listen to him read it here.
I wouldn&#8217;t call the movie Howl a biopic. For one thing, I always want to pronounce biopic &#8220;bi-opp-ick&#8221; but that doesn&#8217;t seem to make as much sense as &#8220;bio-pick.&#8221; After all, I think it&#8217;s short for biography picture. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordpirates.org/2010/10/28/movie-review-howl/</link>
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