Thanks to my friends living outside the States in such exotic-sounding places like Egypt, Honduras, Mexico, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, (Canada), and the Philippines, I have earned the introductory phrase, “internationally read author”. Not that I’m going to insist that people introduce me as “The internationally read author, Teresa Y. Roberson” at such informal events such as the best baby shower I’ve ever attended just this afternoon for my tango teachers at Esquina Tango, but I’m certainly going to acknowledge that my growing readership is already international.
One of the reasons that I moved to Austin in the first place is that I could not imagine myself returning to some small monocultural place in the States. Plus, I wanted to make sure that I could pursue a variety of interests. I got my money’s worth here in Austin. There are so many things to do and interesting people to do them with that I had already reached “internationally read” status just among my fellow tango and salsa dancers here in Austin!