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		<title>From Barbados, with love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t yet know what my father thought of Langston Hughes&#8216; work in general, or whether their circles crossed in Harlem. But just after&#160; Christmas Day in 1940, Ebenezer had some choice words for one of&#160; Hughes&#8217; most controversial poems, titled&#160;Goodbye Christ. Here&#8217;s the poem: Listen, Christ, You did alright in your day, I reckon— [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ebenezerray.com&#038;blog=13922120&#038;post=3191&#038;subd=elainecarolynray&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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