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		<title>Tomorrow I&#8217;m Reading at the Livermore Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I will be reading at the Civic Center Library in Livermore, California as part of the Library&#8217;s Friends, Authors, and Arts Series. The event is called An Evening with the New Poet Laureate and will take place from 7 to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/10/tomorrow-im-reading-at-the-livermore-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading at Livermore Library in Two Weeks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In two weeks, I will be reading at the Civic Center Library in Livermore California as part of the Library&#8217;s Friends, Authors, and Arts Series. The event is called An Evening with the New Poet Laureate and will be held &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/10/reading-at-livermore-library-in-two-weeks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading at Livermore Civic Center Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to announce that I will be reading at the Civic Center Library in Livermore California as part of the Library&#8217;s Friends, Authors, and Arts Series. The event is called An Evening with the New Poet Laureate and will &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/09/reading-at-livermore-civic-center-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dating &#8230; Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dating again. This isn&#8217;t a place I expected to find myself after my marriage to Michael 1.0 in 1994, but it comes with the territory following a divorce, thankfully I got help with this since I found everything about &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/dating-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Question of Settling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Summer 2015, when my brother Tom got engaged, I joked he was moving fast. His long-winded divorce had ended just two weeks earlier. “We’ve dated one-and-a-half years,” he said. “And this time, neither of us are settling.” At the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/11/a-question-of-settling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Life of Quiet Desperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, my brother Tom lived a life of quiet desperation. I saw it and recognized it in myself, recognized what I had seen years earlier in my father’s father. I think Mom saw it too, must have at least &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/09/a-life-of-quiet-desperation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Death Comes in Threes (Or More)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s going to be a long, sad week. There&#8217;s far too much death and dying in my crazy corner of the world. First, a writer I know, Joyce Maynard, announced that her husband, Jim Barringer, was dying. I was shocked. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/06/death-comes-in-threes-or-mor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Petaluma Reader&#8217;s Theatre to Revive Production of Fatherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m super excited to announce that the Petaluma Reader&#8217;s Theatre (PRT) will be reviving their show, Dear Ole Dad: A Tribute to Fatherhood, which includes my story, There&#8217;s No Daddy Here. The show is on Saturday, June 18th at 7:30 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/05/petaluma-readers-theatre-to-revive-production-of-fatherhood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TWO DAYS LEFT to Pre-Order My New Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finishing Line Press will publish my debut poetry collection, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, this summer. The pre-sales period for the chapbook is currently underway. Sales made during this period determine the size of the print run. Therefore, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/04/two-days-lef-to-pre-order-my-new-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Weeks Remain for Pre-Sales of My New Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advance sales of my poetry collection, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, are almost over. The pre-sales period ends April 29th. My goal is to sell at least 110 copies, as the advance sales determine the size of the print run. I&#8217;m proud of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/04/two-weeks-remain-for-pre-sales-of-my-new-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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