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		<title>May Meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/may-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[part 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who attended the April meeting, where we read part 5 of &#8220;The Natural&#8221;. We had a lively discussion about the ending of this part: why does the lady in red leave the stadium so quickly? Why do the other fans leave, too? Which fans? The Knights&#8217; fans, because they assume their team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April meeting &#8211; The Natural, part 5</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/april-meeting-the-natural-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the fairy wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wopg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words of peace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, everyone, A reminder that our next IRG meeting will be next Wednesday April 25th at the usual time of 3:15 We will read Part 5. In this part, Roy’s batting slump gets worse, until he meets a mysterious dark-haired lady in a red dress. (BTW, do you know the song “Lady in Red” by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/march-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our March meeting (thank you to all who attended), we read part IV of "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud.]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese translation of Ayn Rand&#8217;s &#8220;Fountainhead&#8221; for sale</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/japanese-translation-of-ayn-rands-fountainhead-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/japanese-translation-of-ayn-rands-fountainhead-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: This book has been sold. I know some of you are familiar with Ayn Rand&#8217;s famous first blockbuster, &#8220;The Fountainhead&#8221;. This book has been selling well ever since it was first published back in 1943. Wikipedia says, &#8220;The Fountainhead has continued to have strong sales throughout the last century into the current one, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/february-meeting-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the hobbit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the worm ouroboros]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In February&#8217;s meeting, we read Batter Up! Part 3 which begins with Bump Bailey&#8217;s death, and ends with Roy having dinner with Memo Paris, Max Mercy and a new character, Gus Sands, a &#8220;bookie&#8221; with a glass eye. We discussed the various meanings of &#8220;hit the wall&#8221;, the associations of worms in English/Western literature and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural &#8211; pre-game</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/the-natural-pre-game/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/the-natural-pre-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiyonofuji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david and goliath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perceval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we finished reading the first section of Bernard Malamud&#8217;s &#8220;The Natural&#8221;. This first section is called &#8220;Pre-game&#8221;. It ends with a shocking event: Roy Hobbs is shot by a mad girl in a Chicago hotel, before he even has a chance to try out for a baseball team! What we discussed today: the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols (from SparkNotes)</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/english-fiction/sparknotes-the-natural-themes-motifs-and-symbols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arthurian legend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camelot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chretian de Troyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Arthur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perceval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Fisher King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Holy Grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to appreciate The Natural without some knowledge of the mythological traditions behind it. The most important of these are the legends of the Waste Land and the Fisher King. Malamud loosely based his novel on the story of Sir Perceval and his quest for the Holy Grail, originally recorded in the eleventh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the secret of the Holy Grail?</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/uncategorized/what-is-the-secret-of-the-holy-grail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some questions to think about before our next meeting this month. Who was the Fisher King? The Fisher King was a figure in the legend of King Arthur. Now is the season of festivals in Japan, &#8220;matsuri&#8221;. Why? What do they celebrate? Is there a god or goddess of spring? A god or goddess of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September meeting</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/september-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/september-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rembrandt's Hat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Natural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Readers! This typhoon seems to be marking the passing of summer and the arrival of autumn. It is already September. Our September meeting will take place September 28th, the last Wednesday in September, at the usual time, 15:15. We will finish reading &#8220;Rembrandt&#8217;s Hat&#8221; and begin reading &#8220;The Natural&#8221;. If you have not received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July session reminder</title>
		<link>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/july-session-reminder/</link>
		<comments>http://sheffnersweb.net/blogs/reading/announcement/july-session-reminder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Sheffner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, A reminder that our July session will be next week, on July 20th, not July 27th because Rifuan is closed on that day. I look forward to seeing you then. &#160;]]></description>
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