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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing a novel. I am writing a novel about a group of African-American children who save the world. I am writing about a group of African-American children who possess massive power and only use it to right wrongs, not to upset the status quo or push an anti-mainstream rhetoric. I am writing a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrofantasy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9585543&amp;post=456&amp;subd=afrofantasy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of most years, for me, is characterized by a mad scramble to finish up various papers, final exams, and maintain a decent level of performance at my job. Add to this my desire to write at least a few words each day, and it&#8217;s a wonder that I find time to read. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrofantasy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9585543&amp;post=446&amp;subd=afrofantasy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comics Fail the Clark Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy L. Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I came across this article in Racialicious. TL;DR version: the author (Cheryl Lynn Eaton, from Digital Femme) talks about the reality of being an African American female comics reader. Eaton discussed having to choose between books that portrayed characters of color versus books that portray women when buying her monthly reads, due to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrofantasy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9585543&amp;post=436&amp;subd=afrofantasy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy L. Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time,  ladies and gents. Who&#8217;s the baddest MF in the Fantasy world this month? The previous Baddest MFs on the (Fantasy) World entries were male. I figure that it&#8217;s time to shine a spotlight on the ladies. I&#8217;ve reviewed many works that spotlight awesome female characters. But, because I&#8217;m a manly man, I&#8217;m going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrofantasy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9585543&amp;post=428&amp;subd=afrofantasy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lights Left on Our Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy L. Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a great (wo)man dies, for years the light (s)he leaves behind him her, lies on the paths of men us all. I mangled that Longfellow quote for a reason. Anne McCaffrey, Myth-maker and one of the direct influence of my childhood fantasy worlds has died. From NPR: Her books — particularly the iconic Dragonriders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrofantasy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9585543&amp;post=424&amp;subd=afrofantasy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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