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	<title>www.CaucasusNow.com &#187; Maral Bavakan</title>
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		<title>till the soul</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/03/till-soul.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[oncewhen i pressed my earagainst the groundon landthat used to providefor a matriarchal indigenous peopletwo thousand years agoi could hearthe open mouthsand outstretched armsof indistinguishable shadowstraveling at a thousand miles per hourfrom depths...]]></description>
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		<title>today my mother tells me</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/02/today-my-mother-tells-me.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["it's been 36 yearssince my mother passedand just as longthat i can't remember herat allnot even her voice"and i thinkhow sadto be that out of touchwith yourself]]></description>
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		<title>so what am i?</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/02/so-what-am-i.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i've been called gypsyasked if i am palestinianlatina iranian egyptiantunisian greek turkish italiansoutheast asiani've been toldi look just like someone'smixedhalf black half whitegrandmotheri've been spoken to in hebrewon the traini've been toldthe c...]]></description>
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		<title>i&#8217;ve been that girl before</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/02/ive-been-that-girl-before.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i've been that girl beforethe silent onethe one that doesn't speakenglishthe one that is afraidof her own voicefilling a roomi've been that woman beforethe silent onethe one that doesn't speakeven though she knowsthe wordsi've been that girl beforeafra...]]></description>
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		<title>tonguage</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/02/tonguage.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[take this distancespitbackwords that make sensederive meaning from instinctand not logictake this lossof languagei livein my always immigrantstatestepping on landmy bones have not yetturned to dust fortake this songthat livesinside my throatlet me scre...]]></description>
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		<title>of longing</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/02/of-longing.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i dream of devouringthe red fruitmouththat breathesrelease into a homei do not go intoin your absencemade of nightand being unable to seeonly knowingmy own oceanof skinonlywhen you are the moonletting me back in]]></description>
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		<title>kitchen queen</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitchen-queen.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[my father told me to not look at the door for an answerthe day my husband beat me,&#160;told me to find myself a corner in the houseand cry.she puts down the eggs and tarragon wrapped in lavash,mixed with salt as regretful as tears,and pepper as passio...]]></description>
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		<title>poem to a photograph</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/01/p-h-o-t-o-b-y-s-v-e-t-l-n-a-n-t-o-n-y-n.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<title>definitionz</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2012/01/definitionz.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[               if i am the third world then the way  we have gotten used to is no longer the way because i am before the  number one, i am zero, round and circular, i complete the cycle, i am  before numbers were made up, before a billion dollars was n...]]></description>
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		<title>in-between land</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-between-land.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to tell myself (and others) that I am queer because of where I come from and the way that my identity in a changing political economy was formed. There was always a split, beginning with the fact that I was born female into a tradition that saw ...]]></description>
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		<title>Two Women</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2009/11/two-women.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first friend in this country was a girl one year younger than me whose house my family and I stayed at for a month when we first arrived. Later we moved down the block from them, feeling secure in knowing another Armenian family so close by. This is...]]></description>
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		<title>Two Women</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2009/11/two-women.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first friend in this country was a girl one year younger than me whose house my family and I stayed at for a month when we first arrived. Later we moved down the block from them, feeling secure in knowing another Armenian family so close by. This is...]]></description>
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		<title>conversation with my mother</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2009/10/conversation-with-my-mother.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't remember what sparked it when we began talking about my desire to change the world. This is always an opportunity for storytelling among my parents, my father especially. This time it was my mother who was beating down upon my dreams and hopes ...]]></description>
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		<title>race issues</title>
		<link>http://maralbavakan.blogspot.com/2009/10/race-issues.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time when I first came to this country I felt at ease checking the box next to "Caucasian" whenever I was filling out a form that asked for my information. In my mind, this word did not translate as "White," but as someone from the Caucasus,...]]></description>
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