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		<title>Wide Awake, by David Levithan (or, David Levithan for presidential speechwriter!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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A couple of weeks ago, I suggested a Group Read of this one, in honor of President Obama&#8217;s inauguration.  (Man, the phrase &#8220;President Obama&#8221; ain&#8217;t getting old anytime soon.)  The premise (in case you haven&#8217;t been murmuring &#8220;gay Jewish president&#8221; in your sleep) is that the first gay Jewish president is elected by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Read: Wide Awake, by David Levithan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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To celebrate the inauguration of President Obama, I hereby announce a Group Read!  The book is Wide Awake, by David Levithan (author of the fabulous Boy Meets Boy), and it begins:

&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s going to be a gay Jewish president.&#8221;
As my mother said this, she looked at my father, who was still staring [...]]]></description>
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