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><channel><title>Algonquin Books Blog &#187; Contest</title> <atom:link href="http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/tag/contest/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com</link> <description>Books for a well-read life.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:56:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Books, Dance, and a Heartbreak Challenge!</title><link>http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/news-and-publicity/books-dance-and-a-heartbreak-challenge/</link> <comments>http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/news-and-publicity/books-dance-and-a-heartbreak-challenge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:40:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News and Publicity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maria Finn]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/?p=1434</guid> <description><![CDATA[This month we are celebrating the release of Maria Finn&#8216;s memoir, Hold Me Tight &#38; Tango Me Home! And just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day, too. If you&#8217;re interested in dance, literature, ...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
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class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1435" style="margin: 3px;" title="9781565125179" src="http://www.algonquinbooksblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/9781565125179.jpg" alt="" width="129" height="192" /></a>This month we are celebrating the release of <strong>Maria Finn</strong>&#8216;s memoir, <a
href="http://www.workman.com/products/9781565125179/" target="_blank"><strong>Hold Me Tight &amp; Tango Me Home</strong></a>! And just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day, too.</p><p>If you&#8217;re interested in dance, literature, or love (all hands should be in the air), you can check out her blog <a
href="http://tangomehome.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Personally, I&#8217;m excited about Finn&#8217;s <a
href="http://tangomehome.com/heartbreak-competition/" target="_blank">Heartbreak Competition</a>. In 100-200 words, she asks you to tell your tale of love and loss, and submit it for the chance to win a copy of the book (and be featured on her blog!). 200 words isn&#8217;t a whole lot, but then, who needs more space than that to describe searing rejection? Were I to submit my own, it would go something like:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;I met Scooter in woodshop in the 7th grade, he always let me use the better power-sander. He was really popular and I wasn&#8217;t, so it suprised me when he asked me to the winter dance. We danced to <em>Emotions</em> by Destiny&#8217;s Child. I swooned. On Valentine&#8217;s Day he bought me a chocolate-covered marshmallow heart from the Kwik-E-Mart. I swooned. Then I got the flu and was out for a week. When I came back to school he was dating Talia Fesser. I did NOT swoon.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Hopefully you can all do better than that.</p><p>-Susannah</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.algonquinbooksblog.com/blog/news-and-publicity/books-dance-and-a-heartbreak-challenge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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