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		<title>One hundred words on career progression for a contemporary poet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you spend your time fixating on the  ladder of poets on your scene and analysing their success or failiure then there is only one place to look if you reach the top.  Down. We are a community of poets.  &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/02/01/one-hundred-words-on-career-progression-for-a-contemporary-poet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Work For Love.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for dropping by. It&#8217;s rare I put up a poem.   “For Work For Love”   is commissioned by Workers of Art inspired by Thanet  and was launched and projected onto The Turner Gallery in Margate,  at 7.30pm on 26th January &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/26/for-work-for-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>100 words on the revenue streams of a contemporary poet.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/25/100-words-on-the-revenue-stream-of-the-contemporary-poet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revenue streams of a professional poet always come from the following places:  TV,  Radio,  Theatre,  Live Performances,  Music collaborations, Recordings, Education, Residency, Commissions and Publications.  And that’s it.   Success in any one area has a positive effect on another.   You &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/25/100-words-on-the-revenue-stream-of-the-contemporary-poet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three Random Acts.Short films for 2012:   Elephant In The Room, Applecart Art and Torch.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Galle Literary Festival Sri Lanka.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/25/1548/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for being here, for reading me.   A car awaits us at Colombo airport. It’s a mere thirty degrees.  Richard Dawkins sit’s behind and Ellah Allfrey the deputy editor at Granta in front. Get in.   We’re driving for two hours &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/25/1548/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drama in Sri Lanka. The Play&#8217;s The Thing.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/23/drama-in-sri-lanka-the-plays-the-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a member of English PEN and I am committed to write this blog. Thanks for being a part of my life. So here goes.    Shortly after Galle Literary Festival announced my attendance  I received a message on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/23/drama-in-sri-lanka-the-plays-the-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Holiday. A Memoir by Gil Scott-Heron</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s surprising that anyone can expect anything of his or her  perspective in someone else’s memoir. The clue is in the title.  Memoir. When we look in the mirror we see an image but we never see what the mirror &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/10/the-last-holiday-a-memoir-by-gil-scott-heron/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the worst thing a poet can do?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/06/whats-the-worst-thing-a-poet-can-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The poet should never be without a notepad.  The note pad is an artery.  You feel it beating.  You’re heart quickens each time you pick up the pen and write. Electrocardiograph lines spread across the monitor. You are healthy, alive &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/06/whats-the-worst-thing-a-poet-can-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Names to watch in 2012.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/01/add-names-to-watch-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please add to this list of names to watch in 2012.  The only rule is you can’t put your own name on the list only people who will be creating exciting work in 2012.  Here are eight of mine:  writer &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/01/add-names-to-watch-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Work in 2011. Part two of two.</title>
		<link>http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/01/work-in-2011-part-two-of-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re getting to the year-end now. November sees the end of The Superhero Project, which I put together for Ealing Social Services. It was  a four-month series of arts activity. On average Ealing brought six young people to each writer’s workshop. Two &#8230; <a href="http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2012/01/01/work-in-2011-part-two-of-two/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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