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FIRST RESULTS ARE IN!!!
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Colin Powell endorses Obama
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Do you need to verify your registration?
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Jo Knowles for Obama!

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About Jo...

Hi! I'm Jo Knowles, author of Lessons From A Dead Girl, and the forthcoming Jumping Off Swings. Thanks for stopping by! :-) I'm here to help share well-documented information about all of the candidates to help people make informed decisions. Obviously, I'm voting for Obama. But my goal is to make it very clear WHY.

On that note, I really like what Bennett Madison has to say regarding the recent post over on Finding Wonderland about whether or not YA authors should be participating here at all. Thanks Bennett! Link: http://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/09/blurring-lines.html (Go to comment #10 for Bennett's reply.)

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Bob Schieffer's Mother Was Right

I do feel big and strong!

This morning, the boy and I left home early so we could stop here:

There wasn't much of a line, but there were many familiar, happy faces. Like Bob, who I peeled potatoes with two weeks ago for a fund raising dinner for our UU church. He told me that night that he thought Sarah Palin was quite a… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2008 at 10:30am —

Blogging The Vote

I signed up for blogging the vote because I'm one of those people who believes that every American over 18 has not only the right but the responsibility to do so. Even if you don't vote the way I am voting, I want you to vote. We are a democracy. We must ALL have a voice. All of us. That's how it works.

Here's an excerpt… Continue

Posted on November 3, 2008 at 7:40am —

This Mama is for Obama

Jo Knowles is the author of LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL and the forthcoming JUMPING OFF SWINGS (out in Fall 09). She teaches writing for children at the Simmons College MFA program and is a volunteer writing mentor at a women’s prison. You can learn more at www.joknowles.com

Our son was one year old when George W. Bush came into office. For years, he has listened to my husband and I despair over the direction our country has taken. He has watched me cry over the loss of thousands of lives c… Continue

Posted on October 30, 2008 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

Happy Days are here again

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Posted on October 26, 2008 at 7:54am — 1 Comment

Hungry Like The Wolf!!! :-)

Posted on October 23, 2008 at 8:05am — 1 Comment

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At 6:25am on September 26, 2008, Laurie Halse Anderson said…: Right back at you, kiddo!

At 8:10pm on September 25, 2008, Diana Rodriguez Wallach said…: Wow, your Obama page is very fancy. I have to learn how to add these pretty colors. :)