Perfect for Mother's Day: the Baby Be of Use series or The Secret Language of Sleep. - - - -

Philip Graham Spends a Year in Lisbon. - - - - Philip Graham, a writer who teaches at the University of Illinois, will be spending a year in Lisbon, Portugal. He will be reporting to us from there. - - - - Dispatch 15: Salvage (3/28/08) Dispatch 14: We Capture the Castle (12/14/07) Dispatch 13: Another History Lesson (6/25/07) Dispatch 12: Chama-Me Ishmael (5/23/07) Dispatch 11: Go, Whatchamacallits! (5/8/07) Dispatch 10: Nearly the Same Substance (3/21/07) Dispatch 9: Those Tricky Subgestures (2/12/07) Dispatch 8: The Moon, Come to Earth (1/9/07) Dispatch 7: Isn't There a Law Against Filching a Calçada? Dispatch 6: Let's Throw a Festival! (11/6/06) Dispatch 5: Bread, Bread; Cheese, Cheese (10/17/06) Dispatch 4: Alchemy: From a Rube to a Local (10/3/06) Dispatch 3: 365 Days of Pork Surprise (9/5/06) Dispatch 2: So Who Says Objects Are Inanimate? (8/22/06) Dispatch 1: I Don't Know Why I Love Lisbon (8/10/06)

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