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New Children’s Book: Asian and Philippine Folktales

October 21, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

I edited this children's book of folklore. It's a perfect gift, so keep this in mind for Christmas! ASIAN AND PHILIPPINE FOLKTALES: RETELLINGS BY PAWWA  contains retellings of beloved Asian and Philippine folktales as retold by members of  Philippine American Women Writers and Artists.. This collection includes 25 stories from places such as Laos, Japan, Korea, Sumatra, Vietnam, China, Bali, … [Read more...] about New Children’s Book: Asian and Philippine Folktales

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Asian Folktales, children's book, Filipino folktales, Folkore, folktales

News Clippings of Mariano Cuenco and Mariano Manguerra Families

October 20, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Cebuano Kabilin (Instagram) for forwarding old news clippings about my mother and her Cuenco Family, and also about my father and his Manguerra Family. I have posted the news clippings and will continue to add in these blog sites: Old News Clippings - Mariano Manguerra Family #SantaRosa ;  and Old News Articles - Mariano Cuenco Family of Cebu  Researchers, historians, … [Read more...] about News Clippings of Mariano Cuenco and Mariano Manguerra Families

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cebu Carnival Queen, Cebu history, Cebu politics, Laguna history, Laguna politics

Old Family Photos — Concepcion Cuenco, Filomena Alesna Cuenco

October 16, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Cebuano Kabilin in Instagram has been sending me old news clipping about my mother Concepcion Cuenco, and her Cuenco Family. The first three articles are about Concepcion Cuenco winning the title of Miss Progress and Carnival Queen of Cebu 1931. Thanks to Cebuano Kabilin for these precious news clippings. The subsequent articles are about the death and funeral rituals of my … [Read more...] about Old Family Photos — Concepcion Cuenco, Filomena Alesna Cuenco

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cebu culture, Cebu history, Cebu society, Cebuano history

Rest in Peace, Tessie Jose #FrankieJose

October 8, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

I received news that Tessie Jose, wife of the writer F. Sionil Jose, passed away.on October. 7, 2022.  I am heartbroken, but not very surprised because her husband had passed away on January 6, 2022. They were a close couple, having married in 1949, and were inseparable.       The Cebuana writer, Lina Espina Moore, introduced me to Frankie and Tessie back in 1988 when I had my first short story … [Read more...] about Rest in Peace, Tessie Jose #FrankieJose

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Filipino literature, Filipino writers, Philippine literature, Philippine writer

The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales in Ebook — PAWWA Book Project

September 17, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

I kept my promise! I made an Ebook of the second children's book of folk tales by PAWWA (Philippine American Women Writers and Artists): THE BEGINNING AND OTHER ASIAN FOLKTALES is now available from various Ebook vendors, including Kindle, Nook, and international vendors. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFK1X638 The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales is a collection of 18 folktales from … [Read more...] about The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales in Ebook — PAWWA Book Project

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: children's book, folk tales, folklore, folktales

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Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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