http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9621/book-clubbing-alexander-yates-on-the-manila-international-book-fair.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Fri, 24 May 2013 16:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9621/book-clubbing-alexander-yates-on-the-manila-international-book-fair.html#comment-4032 Alexander Yates Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:50:52 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=9621#comment-4032 Oh--I'm just seeing this now, and I want "Don't worry, white man!" to go on the jacket for the paperback:) Don't get me wrong, I think that in some measure, worrying is a good thing. It keeps us (or at least it keeps me) from being lazy, and writing garbage. Thanks again for the kind words, and thanks for coming out in Philly! Oh–I’m just seeing this now, and I want “Don’t worry, white man!” to go on the jacket for the paperback:) Don’t get me wrong, I think that in some measure, worrying is a good thing. It keeps us (or at least it keeps me) from being lazy, and writing garbage. Thanks again for the kind words, and thanks for coming out in Philly!

]]> http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9621/book-clubbing-alexander-yates-on-the-manila-international-book-fair.html#comment-3526 Anittah Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:06:07 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=9621#comment-3526 congrats on the fun trip to manila and thanks for this thoughtful write-up. i saw you read in philly and the part of moondogs that you read was so much fun. honestly, i thought you could have passed for half flip, but frankly, the way your selection was written at least, i didn't get any whiff of the whole gringo-exoticizing-the-other thing. so don't worry, white man! and congrats again on getting peeps asking for your autograph =) congrats on the fun trip to manila and thanks for this thoughtful write-up. i saw you read in philly and the part of moondogs that you read was so much fun. honestly, i thought you could have passed for half flip, but frankly, the way your selection was written at least, i didn’t get any whiff of the whole gringo-exoticizing-the-other thing. so don’t worry, white man! and congrats again on getting peeps asking for your autograph =)

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