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Unlike a lot of authors, David Sedaris enjoys book tours.

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Patricia Pastelero may have spent four years at the F.I.T. in New York, studying Fashion Merchandising and Textile Design, but she’s currently making a name for herself as a florist.

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What if Aesop had been a witty, urbane gay gent who wrote secretly coded social commentary in the guise of parables about cows and crows and sheep?

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What makes us laugh?

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Well, well. It appears our friend David Sedaris (anyone who visits Manila on a book tour is considered a friend) is in some literary hot water.

His crime? Exaggeration.

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Writing books, plays and performing his work at public readings is also what this American humorist does. But what he really wants to be, he tells us at Global Café at Greenbelt 3, is a tips hustler.
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What if Aesop had been a witty, urbane gay gent who wrote secretly coded social commentary in the guise of parables about cows and crows and sheep?

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What makes us laugh?

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Well, well. It appears our friend David Sedaris (anyone who visits Manila on a book tour is considered a friend) is in some literary hot water.

His crime? Exaggeration.

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Writing books, plays and performing his work at public readings is also what this American humorist does. But what he really wants to be, he tells us at Global Café at Greenbelt 3, is a tips hustler.
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