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Dispatches From Manila

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Robin Hemley is the director of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He’s spending the year on a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Philippines with his family. Why the Philippines? Read on and find out—he’ll be checking in regularly.

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Dispatch 11: Old Ghosts of Corregidor (4/5/2010)

Dispatch 10: Armrest Wars (11/11/2009)

Dispatch 9: All You Need is Kevlar (9/4/2009)

Dispatch 8: The Longest Day (6/14/2009)

Dispatch 7: Help (6/1/2009)

Dispatch 6: The Great Book Blockade of 2009 (5/1/2009)

Dispatch 5: Composting With the Rich (3/27/2009)

Dispatch 4: A Foreigner Lives Here (2/16/2009)

Dispatch 3: Welcome to Mall-nila (1/19/2009)

Dispatch 2: One Planet, One Vote (12/14/2008)

Dispatch 1: Daisy’s Debut (11/7/2008)

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