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		<title>The Sadness of Stooges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Sattin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it that impels the phenomenon of the sidekick? In the comic book world in particular, since the 1950s mostly, when the United States was wrestling with communism and moral decadence as the '60s prepared to explode, every superhero had to have a tagalong, a smaller version of his or herself (though mostly his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claire Messud: The Powells.com Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Owens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claire Messud's new novel, The Woman Upstairs, is fiercely intelligent and urgently intimate, written with precision, humor, and an incredible command of language. Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is living a life of quiet desperation after her mother's death when she meets the Shahids &#8212; Sirena, a successful and enchanting Italian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Is Henry Crag?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Sattin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first attempt at writing a novel was done from a small, damp-walled apartment I was renting in Santiago, Chile, during the election of Michelle Bachelet. The country was abuzz with the prospect of electing its first female prime minister, a sensation that was hampered only briefly by a spat with Peru over maritime borders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanny of the Corn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Sattin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear was my gateway to becoming interested in stories. My nanny growing up, a Scottish expat named Jackie with a fox pelt of red hair and a manic Rottweiler named Jack o' Lantern, dragged me through my formative years kicking and screaming whenever my parents were away. She was a good nanny. A damned good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slayer of Krakens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Sattin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A critical feature of League of Somebodies is the prevalence of outlandish tests of manhood, feats of intellectual and physical strength that hinder the main character, Lenard Sikophsky, and his future son, Nemo, as they strive to realize their potential. This potential, it should be said, infects their natures with a thoughtful brand of banality. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raised by Superman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samuel Sattin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite modern sensitivities, experience tells me most sons are still birthed solely to be thrown into a lifelong cage fight with their fathers. Blame it on nature if you will, this exercise in testosterone management, this cruel Darwinian doctrine impelling one generation of angry, imperfect males to give birth to another generation of angrier, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This heartbreaking story of a Confederate soldier is absolutely riveting. Although Inman is gravely wounded, he deserts the army and heads back home on foot, keenly aware that he has the slimmest chance of making it alive. Trying to elude bounty hunters, starvation, and fear, Inman's journey is both harrowing and beautiful. Books mentioned in this post Cold Mountain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dark Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Percy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the left of my desk, there is a closet the previous owner used as a photo studio. I call it the Dark Room. I have hung a pull-up bar from the door frame. Every now and then I get up from my desk, pace around, stare out the window, and crank out a set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dungeon</title>
		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/guests/the-dungeon-by-benjamin-percy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Percy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day after I brew my coffee, pack lunches, and send my kids off to school, I say to my wife, "I'm headed down to the dungeon." Later, I might sneak upstairs for more coffee, some toast slathered with marmalade, maybe lunch, but there's a good chance she won't see me again for seven or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Desk</title>
		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/guests/the-desk-by-benjamin-percy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin Percy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been teaching at the Nebraska Writers Conference all week, and on my way back to Ames, Iowa (where I lived and worked at the time), my buddy (and former colleague) Dean Bakopoulos called, said he needed my help moving something, and asked me to drop by the university on my way home. There [...]]]></description>
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