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Black Rhino
by stephen mead

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WE pray these ideas root by somos one

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Longing Pursues by jan bianchi

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Double Dutch
by matu feliciano

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Bro. Radio’s Theory of Evolution by reginald lockett

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To: Martha Mims
Subject: i just needed
to vent this to someone…
my friend luna is being evected at the end of the month…
                                          why is it
      it is so wrong to see you like this….
            broke….
                 [...]

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On Friday January 12, 2007 the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation and the Empress Management Group hosted �An Audience with the Empress�, intended to be a preview of both of the renovated interior of the historic Empress Theatre, and the new Baci Ristorante Lounge and Caf� down the block from the theatre.
Cocktails and dinner at Baci�s [...]

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Reginald Lockett is the author of four books of poetry: “Good Times & No Bread,” “Where the Birds Sing Bass,” for which he was awarded the 1996 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence, “The Party Crashers of Paradise,” and “Random History Lessons.” His work has appeared in over 60 periodicals, anthologies, and text books. [...]

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When is a nervous breakdown a laughing matter? In Neil Simon�s The Prisoner of Second Avenue, the title character isn�t the only one who�s cracking up. Dreamweavers Theatre in Napa wrings a fair amount of laughs out of the prolific playwright�s urban comedy for their 2007 season opener.
Mel Edison (Trevor Wright) is a [...]

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Ezra Pound�s greatest contribution to 20th Century literature may have been his three-word declaration regarding writing: �Make it new.� Had Pound lived in contemporary times, he probably would have presented his poetry in a format similar to Bob Dylan�s oeuvre (an ironic comparison, given Pound�s anti-Semitism), using guitars, a band, and a constant reworking [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-exploration and universal understanding. Your forecast of major transit begins on Thursday when Venus, the planet of artistic expression and personal relationships at 18� Aquarius will conjunct Neptune, the planet of selfless and spiritual love. The energy expressed from this conjunction of Venus with Neptune [...]

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DC Steak House and Deli
Napa � Sonoma Marketplace
101 Antonina Way
next to the Marriott Hotel on Highway 29
American Canyon
642-0686
Usually the sign, �Tour Busses Welcome,� indicates a mass-produced, lower quality cuisine. I usually avoid a place with such a sign. However the Steak House and Deli has plenty to offer the people who live and [...]

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How lucky we are to live so close to the Pacific Ocean. I knew some people who grew up in the mid-west, who would run the other way if you suggested that they join us for a fish dinner. Countries that have easy access to a nearby ocean tend to have better health, adventuresome in [...]

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Thursday, January 18 KEN COOPER will take the stage at the UPSTAIRS venue at THE FIRST STREET CAF�. This versatile musician has performed on large stages and intimate settings and is one of the best liked musicians from the Diablo Valley. He takes the stage at 7: 00 PM. No cover. [...]

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can be very brief
when she has come to her deadline
and actually passed it
made some changes
and didn�t make others
she didn�t have time to make
didn�t have time to take
so let it be what it is
there is no more
next week is still left
to explore.

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