<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>GayPatriot &#187; Bibliophilia</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.gaypatriot.net/category/bibliophilia/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net</link>
	<description>The Internet home for American gay conservatives.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:43 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Why Bookstores Matter</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2012/01/17/why-bookstores-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2012/01/17/why-bookstores-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=43608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a bibliophile, I fear the coming demise of an institution and product I love, the bookstore and the physical book.  With technology, we became able first to order books online, then to buy electronic editions, both actions facilitated by one particular company. The virtual bookstore, however, could not replace several aspects of the brick-and-mortar [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2012/01/17/why-bookstores-matter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Happy Birthday, George Eliot</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2011/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2011/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strong Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=42281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this the 192nd anniversary of the birth of the greatest English novelist, let me offer, in slightly modified form, the tribute I have offered in years past.  It is also the 115th anniversary of the birth of my late, beloved Aunt Ruth.  In her life, that great lady embodied the qualities of a heroine of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2011/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>W&#8217;s book sells almost as many copies in month as Clinton&#8217;s sold in six years</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/12/26/ws-book-sells-almost-as-many-copies-in-month-as-clintons-sold-in-six-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/12/26/ws-book-sells-almost-as-many-copies-in-month-as-clintons-sold-in-six-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=32534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s all those Bush-haters looking for dirt: For someone who mangled words on a regular basis, it&#8217;s an impressive feat. Former U.S. President George W Bush&#8217;s memoir has sold an astonishing two million copies since it was released in early November &#8211; and it&#8217;s not even in paperback yet. &#8216;Decision Points&#8217;, published both in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/12/26/ws-book-sells-almost-as-many-copies-in-month-as-clintons-sold-in-six-years/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Happy Birthday, George Eliot!</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strong Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=32063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this the 191st anniversary of the birth of the greatest English novelist, let me offer, in slightly modified form, the tribute I have offered in years past.  It is also the 114th anniversary of the birth of my late, beloved Aunt Ruth.  In her life, that great lady embodied the qualities of a heroine of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Will Gay Marriage Advocates Become &#8220;Students of the Institution&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/07/14/will-gay-marriage-advocates-become-students-of-the-institution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/07/14/will-gay-marriage-advocates-become-students-of-the-institution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=27578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shortly before I left on my cross country trip, while browsing in the Barnes &#38; Noble bookstore in the Grove, I chanced upon a book which seemed particularly relevant to the current debate on gay marriage, Elizabeth Gilbert&#8217;s, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.  The title itself sounds like a reference the gay movement&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/07/14/will-gay-marriage-advocates-become-students-of-the-institution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>81</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>You can&#8217;t even give away audio version of Scott McClellan&#8217;s book</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/01/12/you-cant-even-give-away-scott-mcclellans-audio-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/01/12/you-cant-even-give-away-scott-mcclellans-audio-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush-hatred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=21072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I took some time off from blogging and my dissertation yesterday for a second visit to the Borders on La Cieneg.  The bookstore has slashed prices (4o% off on books) as it prepares to liquidate its stock, even its fixtures, before it closes its doors this coming Saturday, January 16. Given my bibliophilia, I may [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/01/12/you-cant-even-give-away-scott-mcclellans-audio-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Happy Birthday, George Eliot!  (Appreciating the Avuncular)</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-appreciating-the-avuncular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-appreciating-the-avuncular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strong Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=19474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is perhaps fitting that my youngest nephew celebrates his first birthday today (three days before the actual event) on the 113th anniversary of the birth of his great-great Aunt Ruth and the 190th anniversary of the birth of the greatest English novelist who ever lived, Mary Anne Evans Cross (AKA George Eliot).  For that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-appreciating-the-avuncular/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sarah Palin&#8217;s Next Book:  A Suggestion</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/17/sarah-palins-next-book-a-recommendation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/17/sarah-palins-next-book-a-recommendation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B. Daniel Blatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=19244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Sarah Palin&#8217;s memoir, Going Rogue:  An American Life going gangbusters on amazon, currently their #1 seller (it was released only today, yet has spent 50 days in the online bookseller&#8217;s top 100), it&#8217;s clear that this accomplished former Governor can both infuriate liberals and sell books. It seems alas that the media, just as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/11/17/sarah-palins-next-book-a-recommendation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Happy Birthday, George Eliot!</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strong Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=7018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I celebrate today the birthday of my favorite novelist, George Eliot, and my most beloved late great Aunt Ruth Friedman, a woman who in her life, embodied the qualities of a heroine of an Eliot novels, I had hoped to craft a different post than I had in years past.  But, as I reviewed [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/11/22/happy-birthday-george-eliot-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A New Year&#8217;s Reflection</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/29/a-new-years-reflection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/29/a-new-years-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=5103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah begins tonight at sundown, so as I write these words, some of our readers are already celebrating the holiday. Every year, as the Jewish High Holy Days approach, I seek to engage in T&#8217;shuvah, the word literally means return (as if we return to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/29/a-new-years-reflection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>On Bookstores &amp; Political Books . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/12/on-bookstores-political-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/12/on-bookstores-political-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=4307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . . Â or how to deal with a conservative blogger upset by a display table where left-wing books are overepresented. On Wednesday, after taping a segment for Pajamas TV and blogging from a Culver City Starbucks, I agreed to meet a friend in the Barnes &#38; NobleÂ bookstore at the Grove where we&#8217;d go looking [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/12/on-bookstores-political-books/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tolkien on Biden:  Age Alone Does not Wisdom Make</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/08/26/tolkien-on-biden-age-alone-does-not-wisdom-make/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/08/26/tolkien-on-biden-age-alone-does-not-wisdom-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biden Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mythology and the real world]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=3523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I recounted last month, I have been reading J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s The History of the Lord of the Rings. This morning, reading the third volume of that set, The War of the Ring, I chanced upon a passage (which the author would strike from the final text of The Two Towers) but which serves as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/08/26/tolkien-on-biden-age-alone-does-not-wisdom-make/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>GPW:  Tolkien Geek</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/07/07/gpw-tolkien-geek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/07/07/gpw-tolkien-geek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=3361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if it&#8217;s being around my family where the women are Democrats, the men Republicans that has made me less inclined to write about politics. To be sure, when we do get together, there is often much political banter, though others might use a stronger word to describe our exchanges. Just over five years [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/07/07/gpw-tolkien-geek/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Doug Feith on War &amp; Decision-making</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/06/11/doug-feith-on-war-decision-making/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/06/11/doug-feith-on-war-decision-making/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Discourse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War On Terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Where W went wrong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=3284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While I had become interested in War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism when I read reviews of this new book written by the Bush Administration&#8217;s former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on Powerline (here and here), I didn&#8217;t resolve to buy it until I caught this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/06/11/doug-feith-on-war-decision-making/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hugh Hewitt &amp; Robert Scheer Square off at LA Book Fair</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/28/hugh-hewitt-rober-scheer-square-off-at-la-book-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/28/hugh-hewitt-rober-scheer-square-off-at-la-book-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Bias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=3076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading Hugh Hewit&#8217;s post this morning where he discussed his appearance yesterday in the Campaign 2008 panel at this week&#8217;s Los Angeles Book Festival of Books, I realized I had intended to blog on both and the fair. Building on his point (which I referenced here) about the weakness of the two leading Democratic candidates, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/28/hugh-hewitt-rober-scheer-square-off-at-la-book-fair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Norman Podhoretz &amp; John Bolton Offer Essential Books on Struggle Against Islamofascism</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/10/norman-podhoretz-john-bolton-offer-essential-books-on-struggle-against-islamofascism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/10/norman-podhoretz-john-bolton-offer-essential-books-on-struggle-against-islamofascism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post 9-11 America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War On Terror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War III]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=2997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first few months of this year, I have read broadly, to prepare to write my dissertation, to sate my own intellectual curiosity and to understand the forces at play in the world as our nation responds to the ever-increasing threat of Islamofascism. As part of that last quest, I have recently completed the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/04/10/norman-podhoretz-john-bolton-offer-essential-books-on-struggle-against-islamofascism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Of Books, Inc. &amp; Independent Bookstores</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/31/of-books-inc-independent-bookstores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/31/of-books-inc-independent-bookstores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriotWest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliophilia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature &#38; Ideas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/31/of-books-inc-independent-bookstores/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I had a few moments to myself during my sister&#8217;s wedding weekend in San Francisco, I did something I love to do when visiting another town, visit a bookstore. And there was a delightful independent bookstore not far from my hotel, Books, Inc in Laurel Village. This smallish (compared to the chain stores) shop [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/03/31/of-books-inc-independent-bookstores/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

