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		<title>Skeletons On The Zahara</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m resisting writing about the USA&#8217;s presidential election because I fear it will turn into a lengthy rant, and I know you guys don&#8217;t care what I think. In lieu of that I figured I&#8217;d write something that was a little more interesting. I just finished Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Autobiography of Malcolm X</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X and I came across a few interesting quotes. It&#8217;s surprisingly readable; I guess I was expecting it to be really intellectual. I respect Malcolm X but he&#8217;s got some funny views on a few issues. It could be the zeitgeist, but for some reason I expect more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Expectations</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2008/10/08/great-expectations</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read Charles Dickens&#8217; Great Expectations and I really enjoyed it! For some reason I never picked up Dickens because I figured it was only for literature snobs or English majors. A friend at work recommended that I check out this book after I had been recently enjoying Twain&#8217;s hilarious accounts of Tom and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interpreter of Maladies</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2008/09/06/interpreter-of-maladies</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.  I didn&#8217;t realize it until I had finished the first chapter, but the book is actually a collection of short stories.  At first I was upset because I had grown, in such a short amount of pages, to really feel the emotions being developed in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Zanzibar Chest</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2008/08/20/the-zanzibar-chest</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I borrowed this book from another volunteer and sped through it during my travels through Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda a few weeks ago. I&#8217;ve seen tons of books in this genre since I&#8217;ve been in Kenya. If you have been to a bookstore recently you know the type: it&#8217;s kinda like a &#8220;new age&#8221; travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Luck, Walmart!</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2008/06/28/good-luck-walmart</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading David Barsamian&#8217;s collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy, The Chequebook and the Cruise-Missile, and I came across something that made me crack up: &#8220;But still, how are you going to persuade a Naga sadhu&#8211;whose life mission has been to stand naked on one leg for twenty years or to tow a car with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Language Older Than Words</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2008/06/24/a-language-older-than-words</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sky is Falling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derrick Jensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In May I read Derrick Jensen&#8217;s A Language Older Than Words&#8230; &#8220;Every morning when I wake up I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam.&#8221; Although I know the feeling, I have no interest in being a writer and I don&#8217;t know the first thing about bombs; I&#8217;m not sure where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suggested reading?</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2007/06/12/suggested-reading</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for moving to Kenya I&#8217;ve started brainstorming a list of books to bring with me. Great idea, Alan, but ever since graduating and quitting both of my jobs last month I&#8217;ve had nothing to do but read! I&#8217;ve already plowed through a few books and I&#8217;m starting to endanger the book surplus I [...]]]></description>
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