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		<title>&#8220;This is not a Wells Tower Interview&#8221; &amp; The &#8216;Receptive Experience&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a freakishly sunny day in early November I kidnapped Wells Tower and took him on an impromptu tour of Pittsburgh (fueled by my lack of knowledge of the city) and we had a conversation and some whiskey. We talked &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2012/01/04/this-is-not-a-wells-tower-interview-the-receptive-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=6036&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Larson Broder’s Pumpkin (2002): An Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The following essay was conceived for an issue of The Latent Image. The issue's theme was "one-hit wonders."] Sororities hardly need movies; they satirize themselves. To a cynic, the rituals, semi-religious spirit, and privileged lifestyle of Greek living seem self-parodic. &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/10/05/adam-larson-broder%e2%80%99s-pumpkin-2002-an-appreciation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5983&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about Tom Perrotta&#8217;s disappointing new novel, The Leftovers, at em Magazine.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5979&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brief article about what I&#8217;ve been reading lately is now available at em Magazine.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5974&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Kids  by Patti Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 01:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[150 pages into her National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, Patti Smith expresses an interest in alchemy. She recalls working on an illustrated poem called Alchemical Roll Call, a present for a friend. Just Kids is a work of alchemy, too, a &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/23/just-kids-by-patti-smith/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5939&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inferno (a poet&#8217;s novel) by Eileen Myles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 15:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her autobiographical &#8220;poet&#8217;s novel,&#8221; Eileen Myles works toward an understanding of herself and her life&#8217;s experiences. She writes about the New York poetry scene in the 70s and 80s in great depth. Each paragraph, it seemed, had a new &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/22/inferno-a-poets-novel-by-eileen-myles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5924&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Badlands  (dir. Terrence Malick)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 03:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by David Edelstein&#8217;s thoughtful review of Tree of Life, I watched Terrence Malick&#8217;s first feature film, Badlands, tonight. I have always considered Malick a deeply religious filmmaker. I think it has something to do with his use of the &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/20/badlands-dir-terrence-malick/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5899&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To-Read: Memoirs by Female Poets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[      The next three books I plan on reading are Inferno (a poet&#8217;s novel) by Eileen Myles, Lit by Mary Karr, and Just Kids by Patti Smith. Inferno is a genre-less &#8220;novel&#8221; that smudges the line between fact and fiction. (Many &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/19/to-read-female-memoirs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5881&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TRBC: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 20:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Daniel Orozco, Tayari Jones deserves respect for her willingness to take narrative risks. Her new novel, Silver Sparrow, follows the young lives of two sisters (Dana and Chaurisse), the bigamist father they share (James), and their respective mothers (Gwendolyn &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/19/trbc-silver-sparrow-by-tayari-jones/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5856&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TRBC: Orientation and Other Stories by Daniel Orozco</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 23:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Francisconi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should read fiction only at night, before bed. I&#8217;ve found that reading mid-day, before meeting with a friend or answering to this or that responsibility, can take a small toll on my mental health. It is sometimes a challenge, &#8230; <a href="http://poorsappublishing.com/2011/05/17/trbcorientation-by-daniel-orozco/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poorsappublishing.com&amp;blog=5386505&amp;post=5818&amp;subd=johnsconi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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