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		<title>[POEM / AUDIO] My CaSSaDaGa</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/poem-audio-my-cassadaga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below you can find the recording of my piece, &#8220;My CaSSaDaGa&#8221;.   I think the piece poetically captures the essence of what this blog means to me.  Feel free to take a listen, download for free, and share as you please. Filed under: Creative Writing, New projects, Spoken Word<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=777&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM] Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[She is allergic to dinosaurs though one can&#8217;t tell and she wouldn&#8217;t know it. As a child she thought she domesticated one but it was only a lizard named Rex. She often departs the Museum of History with an unexplainable rash. Partaking in these frequent outing on a leash but in the child&#8217;s hip pocket,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/poem-evolution/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=768&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JULIAN TORRES on Al Jazeera on death of FARC leader Alfonso Cano</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday, November 4th, I was interviewed live on Al Jazeera via Skype an hour or so after the Colombian government confirmed the death of Alfonso Cano, the FARC&#8217;s now former leader. To learn more about Cano, here&#8217;s the video setting up my interview they screened right before I went on. Below is my&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/julian-torres-on-al-jazeera-on-death-of-farc-leader-alfonso-cano/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=757&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vegetarian-like lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Conversation with celiac disease sufferer, Alexandra</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/expats-in-colombia-alexandra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 7 June 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. Special interview by LCO columnist Julián Esteban Torres López Originally from England, 31-year-old Alexandra is an English teacher and translator living in Medellín.  She suffers from celiac disease and shares her experiences below. JETL: How long have you lived in Medellín? Alex: Five years in total,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/expats-in-colombia-alexandra/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=440&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM/VIDEO] Medellín</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/poem-audio-medellin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from poem: &#8220;This is I, questioning existence.  Twenty-two years, fifty-nine days, and twenty-one hours on the road, hitchhiking back to my birth, walking backwards into the future facing the past, reading back words of my autobiography, looking for any clue that will lead me toward the womb of my conception&#8230;&#8221; To listen to the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/poem-audio-medellin/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=734&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM]: The Obituary Editor</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-obituary-editor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At seventeen, Rodolfo worked for the local newspaper editing the weather page and obituaries. When a notification was submitted for someone not yet dead, Rodolfo&#8217;s job was made difficult. He was a cab driver who never wore a hat, even during winter months, because he was proud of his unruly white curls and liked to show&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-obituary-editor/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=721&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vegetarian lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Cristina</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/vegetarian-lifestyle-in-medellin-colombia-cristina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julián's Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I’ve started this section of my blog.  It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country.  If you fit this category and would like to be interviewed, contact me. — Julián* Name:&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/vegetarian-lifestyle-in-medellin-colombia-cristina/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=681&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vegetarian lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Carolina</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/vegeterian-lifestyle-in-medellin-colombia-carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julián's Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[*As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I&#8217;ve started this section of my blog.  It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country.  If you fit this category and would like to be interviewed, contact me. &#8212; Julián* Name:&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/vegeterian-lifestyle-in-medellin-colombia-carolina/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=685&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM] Carnal Cartagena</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/poem-carnal-cartagena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As el jefe puts down his morning coffee his daughter is at home with the barefoot delivery boy – who, guiltless, wears his only costeño straw hat. She spreads her legs like a Caribbean child learning to use chopsticks. In the colonial alley nearby, the residual agony of the Spanish Inquisition torments those leaving the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/poem-carnal-cartagena/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=673&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM/AUDIO] If I were the sun</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/poem-if-i-were-the-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt: &#8220;If I were the sun, you&#8217;d find me running behind you trying to catch up, beneath the orange Arizona sky, trying not to trip over knocked-down, dried up cacti and lizard skulls during your early morning runs since you tend to rise earlier than I&#8230;&#8221; For the entire spoken word piece, listen to the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/poem-if-i-were-the-sun/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=666&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[POEM] Andean morning prayers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the youngest child crushed the first early morning cricket, he chased the foot ball. Four peach-coloured palms ironed and folded the family&#8217;s only linen. Even the towels needed indoctrination. Mother kneaded the dough for the arepas served solely to Father and the elder sons. Six peach-coloured palms continued their separate sermons. The men would&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/poem-andean-morning-prayers/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=657&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Colombian&#8217;s ode to Michael Jackson using MJ song titles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Colombia during the 1980s, I owned only two music cassette tapes: Michael Jackson&#8217;s Thriller and Bad.  It wasn&#8217;t until I moved to the US in the 1990s that I realised both were black-market bootleg copies since the original Thriller and Bad tapes did not contain songs from MJ&#8217;s Off the Wall LP.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/ode-to-michael-jackson-using-his-song-titles/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=627&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The tall tall tales of Heidi Harris</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/the-tall-tall-tales-of-heidi-harris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Interviewer: Julián Esteban Torres López &#8211; &#8211; Interviewee: Heidi Harris &#8211; &#8211; A La CaSSaDaGa Original &#8211; ===================================================== La CaSSaDaGa: I’d like to begin by saying that I’m very happy to have Heidi Harris with us today. She’s one of my favourite musical artists for many reasons; reasons that I hope to share with&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/the-tall-tall-tales-of-heidi-harris/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=489&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[Poem/Video] Wandering Love</title>
		<link>http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/poemvideo-wandering-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt: &#8220;Just give me a call&#8230;we will wander somewhere, together.  I&#8217;ll take you to a place where the sun goes to rest&#8230;where the moon learned to love the night life&#8230;where the heart understood what I meant when I said, &#8220;I love you.&#8221;  And I didn&#8217;t even need to give my reasons for it to understand,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/poemvideo-wandering-love/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=483&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Colombians: Calavera y la Popular Independiente</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originaly published 28 July 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. This is a special interview by LCO columnist Julián Esteban Torres López who speaks to Teo Calavera, the lead singer and director of Medellin-based band Calavera y la Popular Independiente. Photo credits go to El Callejón Reggaer bar. JETL: Little Colombia Observationist reaches an international audience. For&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/creative-colombians-calavera-y-la-popular-independiente/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=480&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does it mean to be Colombian?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 19 October 2010 on Colombia Reports. There are over 45 million “Colombians” living within the country’s borders and about 5 million abroad.  I am said to fall under the latter category.  However, of these 50+ million individuals, can we really sit down and agree on a set of characteristics in order to essentialize&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/what-does-it-mean-to-be-colombian/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=35&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia’s ‘obligatory’ military service: The arbitrary role of class disparity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 24 July 2011 on Colombia Reports. When Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) first ran for president of Colombia, a question I thought important was dodged. When asked why he and his sons had never performed military service, his campaign declined to comment. The shadow of this question remains indelible in my mind. This is the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/colombia%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98obligatory%e2%80%99-military-service-the-arbitrary-role-of-class-disparity/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=478&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salsa in Medellín</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 15 July 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. Words by Julián Esteban Torres López When asked about where the best place for salsa in the city of Medellín is located, Lázaro and I always debate. He doesn’t have a favourite but he is partial to El Tíbiri and Son Cubano, both located near Estación&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/salsa-in-medellin/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=447&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The country formerly known as &#8220;Colombia&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 30 June 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. Satirical Words by Pseudonym Lázaro Rojas Photo above by Scott David Thompson During the first congressional ‘closed-door’ session of the year, on 29 June, in an effort to attract more capital investment and tourists, Sergio Diáz Granados, the country’s Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, successfully persuaded the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/the-country-formerly-known-as-colombia/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=409&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The WRIToracle Poets&#8217; dirty laundry: The second load</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- 24 June 2011 - - Album by The WRIToracle Poets - - Article by Michael Frissore - Mt. Major, New Hampshire, April 2006. We &#8212; that is, some of the WRIToracle staff members &#8211; gathered to climb Mt. Major in Alton, NH. The wordplay in this being the first WRIT Summit and that we were&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/dirty-laundry-by-the-writoracle-poets/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=229&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The secret life of a Colombian pseudonym</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published 22 June 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. In December of 2003, exactly five months before the 100th anniversary of the famous Spanish artist, I found myself in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the Salvador Dalí museum.  It was here that as a gesture of honour to his life I purchased his autobiography, The Secret&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/the-secret-life-of-a-colombian-pseudonym/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=52&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Poet: Julián Esteban Torres López (Radio interview on Good Gumbo Radio&#8217;s &#8220;Roux Artistry Hour&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julián Esteban Torres López</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RADIO INTERVIEW Aired live on 18 June 2011 on Good Gumbo Radio&#8216;s &#8220;Roux Artistry Hour,&#8221; hosted by Lily liketheflower Powers.  Also performed live the following two tracks from his spoken word album: &#8220;Puberty&#8221; and &#8220;I left my heart in Medellin.&#8221;  You can listen to and download the entire album &#8212; Sfumato: A Decade of Spoken&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://jestebantorres.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/audio-featured-poetspoken-word-artist-julian-esteban-torres-lopez/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jestebantorres.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24318353&amp;post=121&amp;subd=jestebantorres&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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