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Fiction by Filipinos in America

Fiction by Filipinos in America
Edited by Cecilia Brainard
PALH (Philippine American Literary House) 2020, softcover, 258 pages, ISBN 971–1‑953716–05‑7 — $17.95 — NEW US EDITION

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Also avail­able from East­wind Books of Berke­ley, Cal­i­for­nia, tel: 1–510-548‑2350; email: eastwindbooks@gmail.com

Outstanding and Delightful, a Must-Read

First pub­lished in the Philip­pines in 1993, this 2020 US edi­tion of Fic­tion by Fil­ipinos in Amer­i­ca hopes to accom­mo­date librar­i­ans, pro­fes­sors, teach­ers, and stu­dents inter­est­ed in Philip­pine Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture, books which are still scarce in the US. This col­lec­tion, which has been cit­ed by edu­ca­tors and librar­i­ans as a valu­able resource includes clas­sic sto­ries such as “A Scent of Apples” by Bien­venido N. San­tos and “The Romance of Mag­no Rubio” by Car­los Bulosan.

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, 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

“(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.” ~ Prof. Al Camus Palo­mar for Writ­ing for World Lit­er­a­ture Today

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. The sto­ries con­vey the his­to­ry of Fil­ipinos in Amer­i­ca via fic­tion and the book is acknowl­edged an impor­tant addi­tion to Philip­pine, Philip­pine-Amer­i­can, as well as Asian-Amer­i­can literature.”~Isagani R. Cruz for Philip­pines Star: ”

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  

 

 


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