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		<title>Chick Lit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s common knowledge in the publishing industry that women constitute the biggest book-buying segment. So, it&#8217;s certainly no accident that most mainstream as well as genre fiction is popular among women. For that reason, publishers and booksellers have identified a category within the mainstream that they classify as Women&#8217;s Fiction. And its no surprise that <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/chick-lit-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns, lyrics, or prose poetry. Poetry is <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/poetry-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drama</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning &#8220;action&#8221; (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, dráma), which is derived from &#8220;to do&#8221; (Classical Greek: δράω, dráō). The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/drama-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonfiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/non-fiction-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>About this Site</title>
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		<title>Fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiction is a general term used to describe an imaginative work of prose, either a novel, short story, or novella. Recently, this definition has been modified to include both nonfiction works that contain imaginative elements, like Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Random House, 1994) and Dutch by Edmund Morris <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/fiction-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery</title>
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		<title>Mainstream</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mainstream fiction is a general term publishers and booksellers use to describe both commercial and literary works that depict a daily reality familiar to most people. These books, usually set in the 20th or present-day 21st century, have at their core a universal theme that attracts a broad audience. Mainstream books deal with such myriad <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/mainstream-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Romance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romance is a huge category aimed at diverting and entertaining women. In romance novels, you have elements of fantasy, love, naïveté, extravagance, adventure, and always the heroic lover overcoming impossible odds to be with his true love. Many romances, especially the gothic romance, have an easy-to-follow formula — a young, inexperienced girl living a somewhat <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/romance-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Science Fiction/ Fantasy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science fiction/fantasy novels depict distant worlds and futuristic technologies that whirl readers far away from the here and now and yet provoke contemplation of contemporary issues. Imaginative, thoughtful, and other-worldly, this robust category is made even more popular by the Star Wars and Star Trek series. Leading science fiction and fantasy writers include Ray Bradbury, <a href='http://www.naijastories.com/2010/03/science-fiction-fantasy-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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