Fiction by Filipinos in America

Edited by Cecilia Brainard

New Day Publishers, 1992, softcover, 240 pages, ISBN 970100528X

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Outstanding and Delightful, a Must-Read

Cecilia’s inspi­ra­tion to col­lect and edit Fic­tion by Fil­ipinos in Amer­i­ca came about when she could not find such a book in the 1980s. The anthol­o­gy was fund­ed by a Brody Arts Fund and col­lects 23 sto­ries by Fil­ipinos in Amer­i­ca, includ­ing Lin­da Ty-Casper, N.V.M. Gon­za­lez, Juan Dion­i­sio, Bien­venido San­tos, Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard, Manuel Viray, Car­los Bulosan, Lig­aya Vic­to­rio Fru­to, Jean Ven­gua Gier, Alber­to Flo­renti­no, Michelle Cruz Skin­ner, Jes­si­ca Hage­dorn, Pauli­no Lim, Jr., Samuel Tagat­ac, Vir­ginia Cere­nio, Julia Palar­ca, Oscar Penaran­da, Erlin­da Vil­lam­or Kravetz, Nadine Sar­real, Mar­i­anne Vil­lanue­va, Manuel Olimpo, Nenutz­ka Vil­la­mar, and Luis Cabalquin­to.

Praise

“Def­i­nite­ly one of the most out­stand­ing antholo­gies pub­lished [in 1993], this col­lec­tion of sto­ries by 23 Fil­ipino writ­ers who work or used to work in the Unit­ed States is a must-read for all stu­dents of Philip­pine Lit­er­a­ture.” (Isagani R. Cruz for the Philip­pine Star)

“(Edi­tor) Manguer­ra Brainard’s selec­tion is a delight. Some of the sto­ries are mas­ter­ly, espe­cial­ly those writ­ten by such reli­ables as Car­los Bulosan, Lin­da Ty-Casper, N.V.M. Gon­za­lez, and Alber­to S. Flo­renti­no. None is less than high­ly com­pe­tent, and all are worth read­ing. Manguer­ra Brainard has done an excel­lent job of mix­ing crit­i­cal judge­ment and per­son­al taste.” (World Lit­er­a­ture Today)

Book Reviews

Sheng-Mei for Pilip­inas, Michi­gan State Uni­ver­si­ty — No. 24, Spring 1995

Isagani R. Cruz for Philip­pine Star, Feb. 17, 1994

Al Camus Palo­mar for World Lit­er­a­ture Today, Autumn 1994