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		<title>The Elephant in the Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know where the cliché originated, but it’s especially fitting for my topic today. Around the web, there’s mention of an insightful documentary about adolescent male elephants going on wild rampages, demolishing anything in their paths. What cures these<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=944&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For Valentine&#8217;s Day: Favorite Fragments from Favorite Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seduction one day you gonna walk in this house and I’m gonna have on a long African gown you’ll sit down and say “The Black . . .” and you’ll rap on about “The Revolution . . .” while I<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=881&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Poet Raise a Boy to be a Man?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes! Nikki Giovanni, famous writer and single mother, raised a son who grew up to be a man. Thomas Watson Giovanni graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College and Georgetown Law Center, and currently works as a lawyer in New<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=874&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nikki Giovanni: Our February Icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a list of three women I wanted to see in person before they or I perished from this earth. In January 2011 I saw Erykah Badu. In January 2012 I saw Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni. A pattern? If<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=869&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter&#8217;s to a Single Parent: #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts from Lorena A Success Story I consider myself a successful parent. I have a 12 year old daughter and a 5 year old son that I raise alone. We recently purchased a home, which was a blessing from God.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=859&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to a Single Parent: #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts from Janice Success Story That S word—sacrifice. I believe I was a successful single parent because I realized that in order for my children to succeed, I would have to make sacrifices. I would not be able to have<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=849&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Letters to a Single Parent: In Search of Alternative Narratives</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. L. Writes has embarked on a new series, this time on Single Parenting. I aim to break down the “broken” home stigma and build up the credibility and credence of single-parent households. Nothing inspires this first post more than<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=811&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Look both ways before you cross the street.” “Don’t touch the stove.” “Choose your friends wisely.” “Always wear your seatbelt.” “Don’t talk to strangers.” Sound familiar? That’s because parents and adults are known for teaching children how to survive in<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=slwrites.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22699755&amp;post=784&amp;subd=slwrites&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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