Author Reading: Cecilia Branard Reads from Her SELECTED SHORT STORIES & Q&A

 YouTube link to Cecil­ia Brainard Read­ing from her SELECTED SHORT STORIES & Q&A

https://youtu.be/KrMi9qsgTVk

Fil­ipino Amer­i­can nov­el­ist Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard reads a short short from her SELECTED SHORT STORIES (Uni­ver­si­ty of San­to Tomas Pub­lish­ing House 2021), a col­lec­tion of 39 sto­ries. She also dis­cuss­es writ­ing about the Philip­pines from Cal­i­for­nia. Cecil­ia is the author of three nov­els: the World War Two nov­el WHEN THE RAINBOW GODDESS WEPT; MAGDALENA, and the lit­er­ary mys­tery THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW. Her web­site is ceciliabrainard.com.

This is excerpt­ed from the Pan­el Dis­cus­sion with Fil­ipino and Fil-Am Writ­ers Event host­ed by the Philip­pine Embassy in the Unit­ed States, March 8, 2021. 

 

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