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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:34:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a book filled with surprisingly powerful poetry. Her poems end with a punch.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:12:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well done, Marian. Here's to hoping for more acceptances in 2010.<br/><br/>I just received my contributor's copy of The 2009 Chaffin Journal where my poem &quot;Hide&quot; appears. I am thrilled to have my work alongside that of fellow Bennington grad Susan Howard Case who passed away earlier this year.<br/><br/>Blessed holidays to all.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:58:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Congratulations, Ruth.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/897487.Gulf_Music_Poems">Gulf Music: Poems (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11523.Robert_Pinsky">Robert Pinsky</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:45:55 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Overtly political poetry doesn't keep my attention so this collection is not among my favorites.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:37:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Check out New Pages on the internet. Also, when you're visiting the web site of a journal you like check out their links. They will often link to other journals with similar editorial preferences.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:26:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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