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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by yessica klein on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Praise of: Wintering]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/in-praise-of-wintering-67ac1064cd65?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/640/0*NLyJWXHufw6f3BBW" width="640"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Winter is a child who&apos;s afraid of the dark</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/in-praise-of-wintering-67ac1064cd65?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Long live the video store]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/long-live-the-video-store-2f1cbf43eaea?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1280/0*4kg77TxrxKr8BWKn" width="1280"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Why it&#x2019;s time to press rewind</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/long-live-the-video-store-2f1cbf43eaea?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[yessica klein]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forgotten Lovers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/forgotten-lovers-664979c7657f?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1164/1*zA2d2MSQv3i2Qgxkry3lTA.png" width="1164"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/forgotten-lovers-664979c7657f?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 18:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2020-05-24T11:27:22.773Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Steve Coogan & Me]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/steve-coogan-me-ce57f37142e1?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2448/1*btaD3YGlV2amoeogWPQvaQ.jpeg" width="2448"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">So the secret is out: Steve Coogan is my #1 celebrity crush</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/steve-coogan-me-ce57f37142e1?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[yessica klein]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goodbye London (Never Can Say Goodbye, No)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/goodbye-london-never-can-say-goodbye-no-2b19651eda10?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*sZUsS36vKsBkaO1bd_uQZw.jpeg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">All the roads lead to London, it seems</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/goodbye-london-never-can-say-goodbye-no-2b19651eda10?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Celibacy Project Pt 2: Love in the Time of Corona]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/the-celibacy-project-pt-2-love-in-the-time-of-corona-b5d2288eebe?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*5d6biXXhjvjTVaYsnmlVNw.jpeg" width="960"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">What a convenient time to practice social-distancing, eh?</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/the-celibacy-project-pt-2-love-in-the-time-of-corona-b5d2288eebe?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 17:13:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Lisbon (Love) Story]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/a-lisbon-love-story-874b84f2e025?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*UsF4HUs19zAvsHtZ6UzD0w.jpeg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">This is a Wim Wenders reference, by the way.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/a-lisbon-love-story-874b84f2e025?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:48:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[We Chew On Our Love Like Snails (We Don’t Like Snails)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/we-chew-on-our-love-like-snails-we-dont-like-snails-473680c2d991?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2048/1*URHDaDe8q4T67p2AuTYYLg.jpeg" width="2048"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Poetic musings about a 2019 breakup.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/we-chew-on-our-love-like-snails-we-dont-like-snails-473680c2d991?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:09:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Celibacy Project, Pt 1: Enough Is Enough]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/the-celibacy-project-pt-1-enough-is-enough-d2442adceaae?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1121/1*snJHZweNfZwDmgRzU4Ye7A.jpeg" width="1121"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I&apos;m a writer, it shouldn&apos;t be that hard (that&apos;s what she said)</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@yessicaklein/the-celibacy-project-pt-1-enough-is-enough-d2442adceaae?source=rss-9e15c6abb1a0------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Spent Nearly 4 Days Inside My Flat Smoking Weed & Eating Take Away]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
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