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		<title>The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Science Must Reconcile in Philosophy, says Gary Gutting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This NY Times blog post about investigations of happiness highlights the split between science and philosophy.  It&#8217;s an easy read, and the discussion mirrors the heart and head dilemmas with which we all tussle.  As a humanist, I find comforting &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/science-must-reconcile-in-philosophy-says-gary-gutting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=644&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes Creative Work Means Taking a Break, says Mike Ramsey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article on artist retreats is a brief and helpful description of why creative workers need a respite from their normal routines to get important work done.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=639&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the role of the professional critic in the age of the reader-review, asks Tom Payne</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Telegraph article, Tom Payne tussles with the value of a critic&#8217;s voice given the increase in access to direct reader opinion. He&#8217;s cranky about it and the comments call him out with some interesting counterpoints. It&#8217;s a question &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/tom-payne-considers-the-role-of-the-professional-critic-in-the-age-of-the-reader-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=635&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Culturomics is both interesting and worrisome, says Anthony Grafton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent dinner conversation at the retreat prompted me to search for examples of humanists and scientists working together.  I happened upon this, Loneliness and Freedom, a scholarly letter from Anthony Grafton, the President of the American Historical Association. It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/culturomics-is-both-interesting-and-worrisome-says-anthony-grafton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=628&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manage the temptation to publish yourself, says John Mayer</title>
		<link>http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/manage-the-temptation-to-publish-yourself-says-john-mayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post written by Elisa, a student at the Berklee College of Music is as earnest as it is perceptive.  Mayer has much to say about developing creative work and debunks a few myths that may seem as familiar to &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/manage-the-temptation-to-publish-yourself-says-john-mayer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=626&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t write what you know, says Bret Anthony Johnston</title>
		<link>http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/don%e2%80%99t-write-what-you-know-says-bret-anthony-johnston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The director of Harvard&#8217;s creative writing program dissuades his fiction students from being captured in the obviousness of their own experiences. &#8220;Don&#8217;t write what you know,&#8221; he says at the top of every semester.  &#8221;Writers may enter their stories through &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/don%e2%80%99t-write-what-you-know-says-bret-anthony-johnston/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=621&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your neighborhood bookstore doesn&#8217;t look like this, says host Veronica de Aboitiz</title>
		<link>http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/your-neighborhood-bookstore-doesnt-look-like-this-says-host-veronica-de-aboitiz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne L'Ecuyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried that book culture is dwindling?  Visit Buenos Aires to see El Ateneo, a grand theatre painstakingly restored and transformed into a paradise for readers.  Beautiful photos and history and a video tour will remind you there are plenty of &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/your-neighborhood-bookstore-doesnt-look-like-this-says-host-veronica-de-aboitiz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=618&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing can be an art but first it must be a craft, says Robert Ludlum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first time I&#8217;ve heard the Writer&#8217;s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Swoon. Imagine a place where the poetry of the past and the musings of writers today mingle with the subtle cultural commentary of one of the greatest &#8230; <a href="http://washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/writing-can-be-an-art-but-first-it-must-be-a-craft-says-robert-ludlum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=598&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write about what we’re forgetting as we accelerate toward tomorrow, says Pico Iyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 02:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This short musing from Pico Iyer is solace for anyone who feels too twittered. It&#8217;s also a good reminder that writers have many options in the way we apply our own attention.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonwritersretreat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16490136&amp;post=595&amp;subd=washingtonwritersretreat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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