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Book Review: Greedy Spider (Dec 9, 2009 02:28)
The author of Greedy Spider, Bakeh N. Wleh Nagbe, mailed me a copy of his children's picture book. ..

Open thread for folktale submission (Nov 21, 2009 14:09)
Every now and then, I've had people write to ask how they can contribute stories. It would be wonder..

Ancient writing in West Africa (Mar 19, 2009 02:25)
Today, I came across the subject of the Olmecs. The Olmecs were a people who lived in South Central ..

A precious cow from Tales by Moonlight (Mar 6, 2009 02:54)
I set a goal to publish at least one book review per month and yet, February ended without any revie..

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