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Dispatches From Manila
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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April 5, 2010Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 11: Old Ghosts of Corregidor
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November 11, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 10: Armrest Wars
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September 4, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 9: All You Need is Kevlar
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June 14, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 8: The Longest Day
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June 1, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 7: Help
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May 1, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 6: The Great Book Blockade of 2009
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March 27, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 5: Composting With the Rich
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February 16, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 4: A Foreigner Lives Here
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January 19, 2009Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 3: Welcome to Mall-nila
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December 14, 2008Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 2: One Planet, One Vote
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November 7, 2008Dispatches From Manila: Dispatch 1: Daisy’s Debut
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