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	<title>The Lighthouse Writers Blog</title>
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	<description>All the latest news, ideas, and opinions from Denver's Independent Creative Writing Program.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lighthouse, multi-media like</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/lighthouse-multi-media-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andreadupree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Did y&#8217;all ever see this?

In February of this year, we were honored with a Mayor&#8217;s Award for Excellence in the Arts. The great folks at milkhaus productions put this together &#8212; not too shabby! (Though it should be noted, Marcelina Rivera is a workshopper and former board member, not an instructor. Maybe she should be! But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work Hard, Party Hard (Or How to Be an Unstarving Artist)</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/work-hard-party-hard-or-how-to-be-an-unstarving-artist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amandarea</dc:creator>
		
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Last Friday night, I got the chance to step out into the sun, put on a summer dress, mingle with my lovely co-workers and fellow Lighthousers, eat tasty hors d’oeuvres the size of my thumb and lemon sweets from heaven, and imbibe wine and whiskey (in moderation, of course). Oh, dear Lord, if this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lit Fest In Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amandarea</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For some well-put reflections on the 2008 Lit Fest, we refer you to the blog of Lighthouse member Laureen Harris.  Thanks, Laureen!
http://delphinia.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/lit-fest-2008/
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		<title>Poetry Like Bread? Thoughts at the DNC Special Salon on Writing and Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amandarea</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

by Sara Aboulafia 
 
&#8220;The crossroads of poetry and politics is a place where craft 
encounters commitment, where the spirit of dissent encounters 
the imagination, where we labor to create a culture of conscience.&#8221;
&#8211;Martin Espada    


 
            Last fall I took a class called Poetry and the Political Imagination with poet Martin Espada. Espada is large, bearded man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intern&#8217;s Report: Writing Voodoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andreadupree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lighthouse is fortunate to have as a summer intern Sara Aboulafia from Smith College&#8211;enough to give you hope for the next generations. Here&#8217;s her take on last night&#8217;s Writing Voodoo Lit Fest Salon.
The Voodoo That They Do: 
A Brass-Tacks Conversation with Writers at Forest Room 5
by Sara Aboulafia, Lighthouse Summer Intern 
 
            Earlier this year my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capsule review for those who missed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[episode one of the Third-Annual Lit Fest. The kickoff party?  Rocked.  Thanks to a combination of the funky stylings of The Alltunators, the donated backyard furniture from Jay Kenney, and the Red Rock Ale compliments of Rock Bottom Brewery. Here&#8217;s a pic from the Alltunator&#8217;s first set. (Just as a flash-forward, lighting not being our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economist&#8217;s Tip Sheet</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/economists-tip-sheet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andreadupree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe, because you squandered your stimulus check on a mountain bike or, say, fuel for your voraciously hungry car, you thought you&#8217;d sit out the Lit Fest this year, sliding through the next couple of weeks without really dressing, brushing your hair, or joining in the shenanigans. Sorry. No can do! There are free-to-near-free ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lit Fest Personality Test: 7 Days &#38; Counting</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/lit-fest-personality-test-7-days-counting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andreadupree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our crack team of Lighthouse psychologists has put together a personality profile for members, to help them approach Lit Fest in the most self-actualized way. Sit back and be analytical about thyself. We&#8217;ll see you in a week!  Download a pdf of our Lit Fest Brochure here.
What Style of Lit Fester Are You?
The Bohemian
The Bohemian Lit Fester [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Count up to Lit Fest: 11 Days (Also, an Invite to Meet Your Brood)</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/count-up-to-lit-fest-11-days-also-an-invite-to-meet-your-brood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over a decade ago, leaving the cozy, inspiring, crazy-making, inbred culture of our graduate MFA program, Mike Henry and I ventured west to see what we could see. Were there eight writers to every ten strangers you met, as there were in Boston? Would they be interested in finding each other? Really, we all know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Strand Podcast, with Jingle &#8482;</title>
		<link>http://lighthousedenver.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/mark-strand-podcast-with-jingle-tm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andreadupree</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, here we&#8217;re beginning to get a feel for what a podcast might sound like. But we ain&#8217;t there yet, partially because of some volume problems and the fact that the recording cut off the last question, so it ends abruptly and awkwardly. And to avoid some coughing jags from Sr. Strand, I cut some [...]]]></description>
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