D I S P A T C H E S F R O M   R O Y   K E S E Y , A N   A M E R I C A N   G U Y M A R R I E D   T O   A P E R U V I A N   D I P L O M A T L I V I N G   I N   C H I N A . BY ROY KESEY - - - - [Editor's Note: Having spent the previous eight years living in Peru, where he married a beautiful diplomat (Lu) and sired two children (Chloe and Thomas), Roy Kesey (a writer with short stories in McSweeney's Issues 6, 9, and 15) has moved to China, where his wife will begin her first foreign assignment at the Peruvian embassy in Beijing.] - - - - Dispatch 32: Right Goodbyes Dispatch 31: Jinling Dispatch 30: Mongolia on Paper Dispatch 29: Harbin, Part III Dispatch 28: Harbin, Part II Dispatch 27: Harbin, Part I Dispatch 26: Dust Dispatch 25: Of Things, and Their End: Nanchang and Environs, Part V: Jingdezhen Dispatch 24: Bonus Waterfall Climbing Edition! (Wherein No Waterfalls Are Climbed): Nanchang and Environs, Part IV: The End of Lushan Dispatch 23: Nanchang and Environs, Part III: More Lushan Dispatch 22: Nanchang and Environs, Part II: Day 1 in Lushan Dispatch 21: Nanchang and Environs, Part I Dispatch 20: The Lunar Year, New, Again Dispatch 19: Urination and Explosives Dispatch 18: Five Things I Like Dispatch 17: The Sidewalk Dispatch 16: Bonus Golf Edition! Dispatch 15: Fish-trap Dispatch 14: Beijing Intimacies: Zhang Si, Traffic-Control Specialist Dispatch 13: Snow Dispatch 12: Some Sounds Dispatch 11: Spooky Dispatch 10: Bonus Skiing Edition! Dispatch 9: Christmas and Karaoke Dispatch 8: Certain Gatherings, and a Fetish Dispatch 7: Scattered If the Market Near My House Were a Baseball Game, and You Were a Fan Imagining What Is Said Part of What It Means To Be the Husband of a Diplomat Bonus Gymnastics Edition! Arriving in China The Getting There: Lima to Beijing via Washington D.C. and Northern California

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