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		<title>Fun &amp; Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://avatara.us http://prayerizer.com http://originalfacebook.com http://fishysingles.com http://kenshopictures.com http://????????????]]></description>
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		<title>Luminarium &#8211; Winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luminarium has been awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction: &#8220;Bold, ambitious, and dazzling with ideas and narrative energy, Luminarium is a novel that refuses to settle for contrivance as it goes after the hard truths of family life, technology, culture, and urban experience.  It is a work that demands and rewards a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 7:30PM Reading at Tuesday Funk series upstairs at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark, with Samantha Irby, Kristin Lueke, Jennifer Schaefer, and Dion Walton]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 21, 2012, 11:00 AM Panel Discussion at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, with Matt Ruff and James Wallenstein, moderated by Mary Otis.]]></description>
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		<title>Luminarium &#8211; Flavorwire Recommended Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Luminarium is a sprawling, brilliant look at the globally interconnected world we live in, and the protagonist, Fred Brounian, is a wonderful guide to it — a lovable Eeyore of a guy just trying to find a few answers (or at least figure out the right questions). I loved this one—maybe last year’s most ambitious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luminarium &#8211; Finalist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luminarium has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, March 29, 6:30PM Reading at Visible Voice Books, 1023 Kenilworth]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago, IL &#8211; AWP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30-5:45 PM Reading at the AWP Conference, with Philip Graham and John Warner, Hilton Chicago Private Dining Rm 2, 3rd floor.]]></description>
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		<title>Luminarium &#8211; Best Books of 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luminarium has been included in the Austin Chronicle&#8217;s roundup, &#8220;The Year in Books: Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Luminarium &#8211; Favorite Novels of 2011: &#8220;Most Metaphysical&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luminarium has made Washington Post reviewer Ron Charles&#8217; Top Ten Novels list for 2011.]]></description>
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