<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Off the Page</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/liveonline/style/books/offthepage?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</link><description>Off the Page</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Page]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28375-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28375-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:55:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Award-winning writer Doreen Baingana discussed her first book, Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe, with her editor, Bruce Wilcox of the University of Massachusetts Press.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Page: Russell Banks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52016-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52016-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:55:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Writer Russell Banks, acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Cloudsplitter, talked about his new novel, The Darling.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Page: Margot Livesey]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19748-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19748-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:55:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Writer Margot Livesey, author of the acclaimed Eva Moves the Furniture, talked about her new novel, Banishing Verona.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off the Page: Joan Silber and Houck Smith]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34068-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34068-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_liveonline/style/books/offthepage</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:55:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Writer Joan Silber, a finalist for the up-coming National Book Award in fiction, discussed writing and publishing with her editor, W.W. 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