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  <title><![CDATA[The Boy from Lam Kien]]></title>
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  <default_description>A strange and lovely story about an agoraphobe's encounter with a young boy. Miranda July is a filmmaker, performance artist, writer and multi-media tour-de-force. Read this and you'll understand why Miranda July is intriguing in any genre.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked it, but is kind of pointless to search for, because as I found out (after ordering a copy online), it's included in Nobody Belongs Here More Than You.  Nice cover though!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[it is very lightweight.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what the definition of book is supposed to be, but this is a short story that has been bound. That said, the story told in this &quot;book&quot; is a perfect representation, a symbiotic parallel, of its binding. It is a small, beautiful, somewhat strange object that you come across sudd...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18593796">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ok, i didn't read this one. i listened to it.<br/><br/>i have an mp3 of miranda july &quot;performing&quot; this story. if you don't mind the poor quality, i can email it to you!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such an excellent morsel of teeny tiny book goodness. Clean, clear &amp; precise prose. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of No one Belongs here more than you... ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the letterpress cover and orange interior.... lovely.<br/><br/>this book came to me as a gift from a super great west coast pen pal who crushes on miranda july about as much as i do.<br/>i can't tell you how many times i've read through this, but it's been quite a lot.<br/> ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's only one story, but I enjoyed it.  I really like Miranda July's stories.  They are weird and familiar and touching.  Sometimes they touch you in funny places.  This book also has a really pretty pressing on its cover.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy Miranda July and her offbeat, silly sense of humor. The relationships she creates are simultaneously awkward and beautiful.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a sweet little 'zine, the story not exactly sweet, and it's not my favorite July shot story, but it is amazing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[so charming, she is.]]></body>
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