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		<title>ALA I hardly knew ye</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am back from New Orleans, and I&#8217;m going to tell you the worst-kept secret in children&#8217;s publishing: librarians know how to have them a good time! After a couple years of working more or less quietly away and staying behind the curtain, it was nice to get out and be Author Sara Zarr and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am back from New Orleans, and I'm going to tell you the worst-kept secret in children's publishing: librarians know how to have them a good time!

After a couple years of working more or less quietly away and staying behind the curtain, it was ni
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		<title>It&#8217;s that time of year again. (&#8220;YA fiction is too [insert popular cultural critique].&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, when the adult literary world runs out of feuds and controversies and awards outrage to write about, the focus turns to YA fiction and how it's killing/saving/corrupting/enlightening the youth because it's too dark/light/intense/fluff]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every so often, when the adult literary world runs out of feuds and controversies and awards outrage to write about, the focus turns to YA fiction and how it's killing/saving/corrupting/enlightening the youth because it's too dark/light/intense/fluff
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		<title>Things to Read, Buy, Give</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the blog-neglect, friends. There's a lot going on! Exciting times. Uncertain times. Which is part of what makes them exciting. It should be a fairly newsy year. Meeaaaanwhile: - Comrade Keith Dixon has a new cookbook/memoir out, called C]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sorry for the blog-neglect, friends. There's a lot going on! Exciting times. Uncertain times. Which is part of what makes them exciting. It should be a fairly newsy year. Meeaaaanwhile:

- Comrade Keith Dixon has a new cookbook/memoir out, called C
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		<title>Oops, I did it again. Plus conference &amp; workshop opps for YA writers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I said I was cashing out on talking about difficult topics like politics and religion on Twitter, etc. Then I read the paper this morning (which I need to stop doing - news-reading should happen after writing, otherwise my brain is much too full of t]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I said I was cashing out on talking about difficult topics like politics and religion on Twitter, etc. Then I read the paper this morning (which I need to stop doing - news-reading should happen after writing, otherwise my brain is much too full of t
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		<title>How to Buy Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what I love about shopping at my local independent book store? I go in there, and they know me. Okay, yes, part of that is because I'm an author and they are nice to authors, but when I go into Sam Weller's or The King's English and hang out]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You know what I love about shopping at my local independent book store? I go in there, and they know me. Okay, yes, part of that is because I'm an author and they are nice to authors, but when I go into Sam Weller's or The King's English and hang out
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		<title>Around &amp; Around</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Last week I suggested that people add author Andrew Smith's blog to their reading list. Apparently, some people did, and didn't like some of the stuff he said, or the way he said it, or the things some of his commenters said (though it's not clear]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[- Last week I suggested that people add author Andrew Smith's blog to their reading list. Apparently, some people did, and didn't like some of the stuff he said, or the way he said it, or the things some of his commenters said (though it's not clear 
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		<title>the Liar cover stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my post yesterday about knowing when to unplug, and wanting to keep up with all the online conversations, I totally got sucked in to the conversation about the cover for Justine Larbalestier's forthcoming book, Liar. The Publishers Weekly ar]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After my post yesterday about knowing when to unplug, and wanting to keep up with all the online conversations, I totally got sucked in to the conversation about the cover for Justine Larbalestier's forthcoming book, Liar.

The Publishers Weekly ar
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		<title>YA lit around the web today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demonstrating once again how to have intelligent, thoughtful discussion and disagreement about YA lit without devolving into name-calling, snark, and gross generalizations, I give you: the women of the "What a Girl Wants" round-table at Chasing Ray.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Demonstrating once again how to have intelligent, thoughtful discussion and disagreement about YA lit without devolving into name-calling, snark, and gross generalizations, I give you: the women of the "What a Girl Wants" round-table at Chasing Ray. 
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		<title>I give your existence 3.5 out of 5 stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have any connection to the universe of children's publishing, you have probably heard about this. I'm not up in arms or anything, as a) I'm not completely clear on the details of the proposal and b) "best of" lists are always limited, ultimate]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you have any connection to the universe of children's publishing, you have probably heard about this. I'm not up in arms or anything, as a) I'm not completely clear on the details of the proposal and b) "best of" lists are always limited, ultimate
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		<title>news ticker&#8230;Zac Efron, Earth Day, book sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[story of a girl]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw 17 Again yesterday. I didn't really get the Zac Efron hysteria before, but now I do. He is completely adorable, and actually a really good actor. I laughed, I cried, I admired his skin. But, if he wants to really transform his career from heart]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I saw 17 Again yesterday. I didn't really get the Zac Efron hysteria before, but now I do. He is completely adorable, and actually a really good actor. I laughed, I cried, I admired his skin. But, if he wants to really transform his career from heart
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