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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:59:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[That is fantastic!  You certainly write great reviews here.  This is a pretty cool site, although I find myself spending more time here than on what I SHOULD be doing, like grading papers!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2604307.Why_the_Devil_Chose_New_England_for_His_Work">Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/417440.Jason_Brown">Jason Brown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:07:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is the best short story collection I have read in ten years.  Brilliant, exciting and dark.  It will make you very much afraid of swimming in lake waters.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1278221.The_Best_American_Short_Stories_2007">The Best American Short Stories 2007 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3389.Stephen_King">Stephen King</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:06:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Let's just admit it--Stephen King rocks, wether it's editing short stories or writing them, this collection offers a wonderful and unusual array of great stories.  I suggest this book to anyone who is teaching creative writing this term. The publisher will send you a free desk copy if you are associ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12906798">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[I usually love this collection but found this addition to really be a poor representation of what I think are the best essays being published.  ]]></body>
        
    
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