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	<title><![CDATA[Follow the Artists to Our New Democracy]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tanene-allison/follow-the-artists-to-our_b_181049.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<blockquote>"Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it." - Gloria Anzaldua</blockquote>

<p>I have been thinking a lot about the role of artists and writers in this new era of our American democracy. As we emerge from an eight year period where any form of dissent was inherently labeled...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-04-01T01:19:00-04:00</date_published>
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