Are XML string literals possible in C#?

As a side note to not intermix issues, this has nothing to do with sql.

In c#, you could do the same kind of thing like below.  VB is essencially doing the same thing behind the covers.  With some new DSL language/library stuff they are working on (shown here on c9), we may be able to do the same thing in c# without adding it to the language.

// Create memory list.
Employees emp1 = new Employees() {FirstName="Bill", LastName="Gates" };
Employees emp2 = new Employees() {FirstName="Don", LastName="Box" };
List<Employees> list = new List<Employees>() { emp1, emp2 };

// Create xml from a data source.

XElement xml = new XElement("employees",
        from emp in list
        select new XElement("employee",
            new XElement("firstName", emp.FirstName),
            new XElement("lastName", emp.LastName))
    );
Console.WriteLine(xml.ToString());

Output:

<employees>

<employee>

<firstName>Bill</firstName>

<lastName>Gates</lastName>

</employee>

<employee>

<firstName>Don</firstName>

<lastName>Box</lastName>

</employee>

</employees>

btw - how come the insert code gives strange 1 line results?  I had to just paste text.