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		<title>The easiest sportswriter low-hanging fruit ever picked</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Parker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[50 least important writers of 2012]]></category>
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<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;. . . is the embodiment of writer-as-character, and, worse, of the  idea that mixing exaggerated intellectualism with shitty pop culture  subjects will produce something brilliant. It won&#8217;t. It will produce a  waste of time.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
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