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	<title>Stephanie Dray</title>
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	<description>Author of Historical Fiction &#38; Fantasy</description>
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		<title>Mr. and Mrs. Dray Go to Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people sniffle at sappy old movies. Other people get weepy at weddings or on their child&#8217;s first day of school. Me? I apparently cry in the Library of Congress, but this is to get ahead of my story&#8230;
First of all, let me say that I had expected today to be a good day, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stephaniedray.com/2010/09/08/mr-and-mrs-dray-go-to-washington/</link>
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		<title>Strange Horizons 10th Anniversary Readings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alongside these wonderful authors, I will be doing a reading from Lily of the Nile at the Library of Congress. Here&#8217;s all the information, and I hope to see you there!

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		<link>http://www.stephaniedray.com/2010/09/02/strange-horizons-10th-anniversary-readings/</link>
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		<title>Of What Importance Was King Herod in the Life of Cleopatra&#8217;s Daughter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though no ancient sources directly link the two monarchs, it&#8217;s difficult to write a novel about the life of Cleopatra&#8217;s daughter without referencing one of her mother&#8217;s bitterest enemies.
Herod the Great was Cleopatra VII&#8217;s rival even before her affair with the Roman Triumvir, Antony. As a Ptolemy, Cleopatra maintained a hereditary claim on Judea, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stephaniedray.com/2010/08/31/of-what-importance-was-king-herod-in-the-life-of-cleopatras-daughter/</link>
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		<title>The Roman Hegemony over Greece&#8230;in Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor Greeks. After managing to get themselves entangled in Rome&#8217;s little spat with Carthage, their glorious civilization was conquered and co-opted by the Romans. Some might say it&#8217;s been all downhill ever since.
This recent article argues that the Greeks can&#8217;t even catch a break in Hollywood.
I&#8217;m not sure if the failure of Alexander was as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stephaniedray.com/2010/08/30/the-roman-hegemony-over-greece-in-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>A Serious Analysis of the Sword and Sandal Genre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent review of the Sword and Sandal Genre in cinema. I&#8217;m not sure what the correlation is to novels, however. It&#8217;d be interesting to compare.
I&#8217;ve been contemplating writing an article for the Romance Writers of America monthly zine about the rise of the ancient historical; I hope it has staying power.
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		<link>http://www.stephaniedray.com/2010/08/28/a-serious-analysis-of-the-sword-and-sandal-genre/</link>
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