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Scores One Goal]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his final preparations for his penalty kick, Abdi H. bent over and touched the ball one last time, looking at it resting before his...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/abdi-h-scores-one-goal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6071c856eea99400160b82e4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:59:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_8750642ee52e486cb5de3204122b0ded~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Got A Dog]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know, I know -- it's cliche, right?  A pandemic puppy?  Not only that, we waited until we were vaccinated, all ready to get out and...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/we-got-a-dog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">606729f31b00b80015475883</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_1ce25029de004023a684491c87c00f8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for Art's Sake]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I started my adventure writing ONE GOAL, I did what might be considered a rather unorthodox thing.  In the midst of researching and...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/art-for-art-s-sake</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600c4116b23fe30017ff2d46</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:51:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_8725cf3e950d4a72a1160bed9aa96af4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few of My Favorite Things: 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Silver white winters that melt into springs…These are a few of my favorite things Throughout 2020, a sameness has permeated most days…if...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/a-few-of-my-favorite-things-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fe0e5cf1b6016001745e310</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_7ed57199c9cd485b836121ea584a9ef1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Year in Review:  Sticking to Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the wake of a year of devastating loss, loss that has permeated every inch of our being, sticking to sports will tell us what we need...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/a-year-in-review-sticking-to-sports</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fdb67cc207239001722605a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:18:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_1fc3eef7adb94ccd8a0564607f5efbb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Passing of Travis Roy]]></title><description><![CDATA[When writer Justin Pelletier, one of the best voices in New England sports, shared his beautiful piece on the passing of Travis Roy with...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-passing-of-travis-roy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f9c7f622da203001736ac89</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:13:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_5dc557097be649809e7aa1c018aa106d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Justice Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg felt like a punch to the gut, a moment in which all oxygen left our air, all sense left our world. ...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/when-justice-dies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f71ed97acbd2600178d0dc7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/733de2bb58824b94a1fb3c6af24a0eee.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Struggles We Choose]]></title><description><![CDATA[In one of the many pieces I've written about Tommie Smith -- and I'm currently working on another one -- I thought long and hard about...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-struggles-we-choose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1df35e5315210017b53eb6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:22:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/5gHJjbDofd0" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Primacy of the Liberal Arts:  Keeping Students Together...When Apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following is a longer version of my oped for The Hechinger Report, entitled "As the coronavirus drives students apart, one college...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-primacy-of-the-liberal-arts-keeping-students-together-when-apart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0bc62e7de03c0017f31457</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 02:56:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_9d3defa1994549d2829801d42372d331~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living near the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, migrating all of my classes into online curriculum for remote learning, and trying to...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/strange-days</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e6ea8ffa27b4c001777db2f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:24:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_fec1b46e744a4f918a14e59b1324542b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Lewiston Wins....]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love Election Day.  I always have.  To be able to vote, understanding what so many people have done before me to make sure I can and to...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/when-lewiston-wins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dc3181e64c07100172f2316</guid><category><![CDATA[Sport & Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:06:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_21d9654b3ca84ab6b3ed296ba4e21a99~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_479,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having Welcome: A Plea for Jamal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abdikadir Negeye’s story does a lot of work in ONE GOAL. Unlike so many of the players on the soccer team at the center of the book, he...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/having-welcome-a-plea-for-jamal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d7e9e12b3e1f0001798bbc8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_09fb4787d6f144869f4911af89f6e3cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do I Know of Cricket?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I found myself in Bermuda during the island's Cup Match holiday -- a national holiday in which the entire country shuts down for...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/what-do-i-know-of-cricket</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d496c8644e9c700172566a3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/253afa36b6614fa5902e3b7878a91a11.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE STINKING ROSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't written in verse in a long time -- I am mad crazy in love with poetry, but I left it behind long ago for non-fiction.  I read...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-stinking-rose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d48e83d248cff018c9cebf1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 02:45:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c06f7b39da74ca3b16af2f5a83191bd.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to Bates, Back to Lewiston]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, I had split loyalties at my college reunion.  I was in the middle of researching and writing ONE GOAL, so I was spending...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/back-to-bates-back-to-lewiston</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cfe96ffaa6bcf0017fd04ac</guid><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:24:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_1dfe7ecc70c047efa8f405023180aa6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Go Mets
]]></title><description><![CDATA[I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah,...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/let-s-go-mets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cec022b97762d00159bd93a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 15:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_9c4f2624fdd548f7adc6572bf0aac16e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_499,h_499,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[March Madness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last days of February saw the paperback publication of ONE GOAL and with it, a fun social media giveaway (Congrats, Bri!) and a...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/march-madness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ca4e6136fa8780015d5718e</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sport & Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:19:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_e4e4289ef24940108f9a5310ab8d5ff8~mv2_d_3365_1245_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Andro Stars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just about a year ago, I had the thrill of doing a "Quaz" with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman (whose Football for a Buck...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-andro-stars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c643af7ebdada001d34f072</guid><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:20:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_269320b307d34ce7a5f47c1d2fc7fb20~mv2_d_1275_1650_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living A Thank You]]></title><description><![CDATA[I saved Michelle Obama's Becoming for my trip to Maine to take part in Lewiston's "InspirED" professional development day for educators. ...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/living-a-thank-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c4f1f008d4002001c1f8bcb</guid><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:52:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_c2fb33de43894adaaf52d4a560a4c853~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_778,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Year in Review:  a top 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[I kind of dig year end lists – best books, best films, best sports moments (love those highlight reels!), best photographs, and so on. So...]]></description><link>https://www.amybass.net/post/the-year-in-review-a-top-10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2fb10f315f5c001c83f313</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewiston Soccer]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:31:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49076_b5747f82e16743fcb4a80c090d3af7af~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_717,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Bass</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>