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  <name><![CDATA[Michael J. Rosen]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[My Website should provide all this and more. It's http://www.fidosopher.com. 
I'm the author, illustrator, or editor of some 80 books for both adults and children, including poetry, humor, anthologies, and cookbooks. Recent titles include THE CUCKOO'S HAIKU AND OTHER POEMS FOR BIRDERS, OUR FARM, and the fall 2009 title, NO DRIBBLING THE SQUID, a humorous look a some 75 far-fetched, fringe, and frenetic sports. ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Paul Valery: &quot;A lion in nothing but well digested sheep.&quot; Too numerable to mention, especially since I find the need to write for many age levels and in many genres. ]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Columbus, Ohio </hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Cuckoo's Haiku: and Other Birding Poems]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stanley Fellows]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[More Mirth of a Nation : The Best Contemporary Humor]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[May Contain Nuts: A Very Loose Canon of American Humor]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[ChaseR: A Novel in E-mails]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Purr: Children's Book Illustrators Brag About Their Cats]]></title>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Dogs We Love: With Jane Smiley, Armistead Maupin, Ann Beattie, Edward Albee, and14 Other Dog People]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael J. Rosen]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Drive in the Country]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael J. Rosen]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Marc Burckhardt]]></name>
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