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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/12/20/happy-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW: &#8216;The Third Reich&#8217; by Roberto BolÃ£no</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is perhaps no better testimony to the current widespread appeal of Roberto BolÃ£no than The Paris Review&#8217;s recent decision to serialize the Chilean authorâ€™s most recent release, The Third Reich (according to The New Yorker website, it is the &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/11/21/review-the-third-reich-by-roberto-bolano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/11/21/review-the-third-reich-by-roberto-bolano/</link>
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		<title>The Sisters Brothers Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when we thought all the cowboys were dead (the vampires had killed them all), Patrick DeWitt breathes new life into the Old West with his Giller Prize nominated novel The Sisters Brothers. In his highly acclaimed second novel, Dewitt &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/11/10/the-sisters-brothers-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/11/10/the-sisters-brothers-review/</link>
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		<title>HALLOWEEN READS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With only a few days left until All Hallowsâ€™ Eve, thereâ€™s perhaps no better way to embrace the sepulchral spirit of the season than with some tried and true works of literature. For all you bibliophiles, here are a few &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/10/26/halloween-reads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Readings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the temperature&#8217;s dropped, it&#8217;s time to gather &#8217;round and get cozy like it&#8217;s story time in the city. There are tons of great readings to choose from this fall: TIFF&#8217;s slightly frumpy cousin, the International Festival of Authors &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/10/20/fall-readings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sicily, Medusa, and Representation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Descant 154: Sicily, Land of Forgotten Dreams, Gaetano Cipolla discusses the origins of the triskelion symbol on the Sicilian flag: three bent legs radiating from the centre of the coat of arms (perhaps representing the three corners of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/10/17/sicily-medusa-and-representation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/10/17/sicily-medusa-and-representation/</link>
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		<title>INTERVIEW: ERIC SCHMALTZ, COORDINATOR OF THE GREY BORDERS READING SERIES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fall is an important season for the literary arts in Toronto. Reading and festivals abound, like this past weekendâ€™s Word on the Street at Queenâ€™s Park, as do writing awards both big and small. With all the hoopla and good &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/27/hello/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/27/hello/</link>
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		<title>Keeping Words on the Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once a year, Word on the Street moves the written word off of dusty shelves and radiating screens and into the fresh air of Queenâ€™s Park. There is always a surprising amount of energy and fanfare, especially for a literary &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/27/keeping-words-on-the-street/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/27/keeping-words-on-the-street/</link>
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		<title>Event Announcement: Descant 154 Launch Party!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us October 5, 2011 as we launch Descant 154: Sicily in style. Come hear Sicily contributors Valentino Assenza, Gil Fagiani, Darlene Madott and Gianna Patriarca read from their texts in an authentic Italian atmosphere. The event will take place &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/02/event-announcement-descant-154-launch-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/09/02/event-announcement-descant-154-launch-party/</link>
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		<title>End-of-Summer Thoughts on Dennis Lee&#8217;s &#8217;400: Coming Home&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[â€¦ You are on the highway, there is a kind of laughter, the cars pound south. Over your shoulder the scrub-grass, the fences, the fields wait patiently as though someone believed in them â€¦ Itâ€™s been almost 40 years since &#8230; <a href="http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/08/29/end-of-summer-thoughts-on-dennis-lees-400-coming-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.descant.ca/blog/2011/08/29/end-of-summer-thoughts-on-dennis-lees-400-coming-home/</link>
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