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Growing Up Filipino 3 New Stories for Young Adults

Growing Up Filipino 3 New Stories for Young Adults

Edit­ed by Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard
PALH 2023
ISBN 9781953716170, sc —  BOOKSHOP ORDER 

ISBN 9781953716163 — HC — ORDER FROM AMAZON
EBOOK — Kin­dle, Barnes&Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Apple Books, Scribd, Toli­no, Over­Drive, Bib­lio­the­ca, Bak­er&Tay­lor, Vivlio, and Bor­row Box
Uni­ver­si­ty of San­to Tomas Pub­lish­ing House 2022  — ORDER FROM LAZADA OR SHOPEE

Description of the book 

GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS col­lects 25 short sto­ries by Fil­ipino authors in the US and the Philip­pines about what it means to be young and Fil­ipino. The sto­ries explore the uni­ver­sal themes of com­ing-of-age, love, angst, fam­i­ly, rela­tion­ships, and oth­er young adult issues. The sto­ries reveal Fil­ipino and Fil­ipino Amer­i­can cul­ture, mores, his­to­ry, soci­ety, pol­i­tics, and oth­er nuances. For instance, Fil­ipino respect for their elders, extend­ed fam­i­lies, reli­gious prac­tices, fune­re­al rites, love for folk­lore are appar­ent in the stories.

GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS fol­lows two ear­li­er crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed books — GROWING UP FILIPINO: STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS (2003) and GROWING UP FILIPINO II: MORE STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS(2010), books that have been used by edu­ca­tors and enjoyed by adults and young adults alike.

 Con­trib­u­tors: Gina Apos­tol, Kan­ni­ka Pena, Jack Wigley, Veron­i­ca Montes, Nik­ki Alfar, Yvette Fer­nan­dez, Dan­ton Remo­to, Cecil­ia Brainard, George Deoso, Patri­cia Go, Migs Bra­vo Dutt, Ian Caso­cot, James Fajar­i­to, Sarge Lacues­ta. Dom Sy, Eileen Tabios, Mar­i­anne Vil­lanue­va, Mar­i­lyn Alquizo­la, Bri­an Roley, Patrick Joseph Caoile, Zak Lin­mark, Lin­da Ty-Casper, Renee Macali­no Rut­ledge, Noelle de Jesus, Oscar Peñaranda.

BIO of Edi­tor: Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard is the author and edi­tor of over 20 books, includ­ing the nov­els: WHEN THE RAINBOW GODDESS WEPT, MAGDALENA, and THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW. She has edit­ed books such as GROWING UP FILIPINO 1 & 2; FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA; CONTEMPORARY FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA, among many others.

PRAISE

“At the heart of Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3 are lay­ered, dynam­ic, ques­tion­ing, inspir­ing char­ac­ters, young and Fil­ipino, who have stayed true to their roots.” ~Aileen Cassinet­to, Author & Acad­e­my of Amer­i­can Poets Lau­re­ate Fellow.

“In this scin­til­lat­ing col­lec­tion of sto­ries, children’s often-sur­pris­ing view­points are jux­ta­posed mem­o­rably against the stark real­i­ties of adult life … Once again Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard has assem­bled a bravu­ra col­lec­tion of sto­ries in Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3.” ~Vince Gotera, Author & for­mer Edi­tor, North Amer­i­can Review.

“Grow­ing up Fil­ipino 3 presents the rich­ness of the diverse expe­ri­ences of Fil­ipinos all over the globe.  The authors of these sto­ries show how Fil­ipinos effec­tive­ly nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of their cul­ture and soci­ety in order to live mean­ing­ful lives. “~Edmun­do Edward F. Lit­ton, Pro­fes­sor of Education.

“Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3   is anoth­er mas­ter­ful assem­blage of short fic­tion col­lect­ed and edit­ed by Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard … In sum, Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3 is excel­lent.  It should be in the col­lec­tion of every pub­lic and college/university library and is a must-have acqui­si­tion for indi­vid­u­als who deeply val­ue Philip­pine lit­er­a­ture.” ~ Dr. Lynn M. Grow, Pro­fes­sor, Lit­er­ary Crit­ic Spe­cial­iz­ing in Philip­pine Lit­er­a­ture in English

“The col­lec­tion is an inter­est­ing one, with many gems of good writ­ing that scin­til­late. I look for­ward to some of the sto­ries being taught in lit­er­a­ture class­es in SHS and col­lege.” ~Dr. Jen­ny Ortu­oste, Writer, Board Mem­ber ot PEN Philip­pines, Mem­ber Mani­la Crit­ics Cir­cle, Judge of the Nation­al Book Awards

Positively Filipino — Complete Book Review of GUF3 by Dr. Grow here 

Manila Standard Writeup about GUF3 by Dr. Jenny Ortuoste

Philip­pine Inquir­er, Lifestyle, Jan. 27, 2023 — Dive into Local Lit “Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3” Launch­es by Lala Singian

Philip­pine Inquir­er — Lifestyle, Feb. 11, 2023 — ‘Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3’ : New Sto­ries about com­ing-of-age, love, angst — by Car­los Ini­go Roxas

YouTube Video of the Grow­ing Up Fil­ipino 3 Book Launch and Lit­er­ary Read­ing at Ful­ly Booked BGC on Jan. 28, 2023

Sun­star, Feb. 19, 2023 — Cebuano Stud­ies Cen­ter Holds Talk on New Book of Cecil­ia Brainard 

BOOK LAUNCHES/EVENTS — Check back for details and con­firm before you attend

Jan­u­ary 28, 2023 — Book Launch, Ful­ly Booked BGC, 6 p.m. Read­ings by: Nik­ki Alfar, Cecil­ia Brainard, George Deoso, Yvette Fer­nan­dez, Pat­ti Go, Sarge Lacues­ta, Kan­ni­ka Pena, Dom Sy, Jack Wigley, Dan­ton Remo­to. confirmed

Jan­u­ary 30, 2023 — Lec­ture, Read­ings, in-per­son and Zoom, with Cecil­ia Brainard, Patri­cia Manuel Go, Yvette Fer­nan­dez, at Miriam/Maryknoll Col­lege, SMT Bldg, Que­zon City, Philip­pines — 10 a.m. confirmed

Feb­ru­ary 6, 2023 — Lec­ture, Ccbu Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­si­ty, Cebu City, 2 p.m. Main Cam­pus, MJ Cuen­co Ave and R. Pal­ma St, 6th floor of Cen­ten­ni­al Build­ing, confirmed

Feb­ru­ary 7, 2023 —  9–10:30 am, Lec­ture and Book Launch, Buch­cik Hall Uni­ver­si­ty of San Car­los, South Cam­pus Cebu City, confirmed,

Feb­ru­ary 23, 2023 — 11–12:30pm (Mani­la Time; this is 7 p.m. Cal­i­for­nia time) — Lec­ture, Read­ings via Zoom; BNSCWC &  USTph- Talk by Cecil­ia Brainard; Read­ings by Mar­i­lyn Alquizo­la, Migs Dutt, Yvette Fer­nan­dez, Patri­cia Go, & Jack Wigley — confirmed

Zoom ID: 946 6239 9471
Pass­code: BNSGUF3

March 18, 2023 — Sat. 1:30 p.m. (PDT) — hybrid in-per­son /Zoom — Book Launch host­ed by Car­los Bulosan Book Club (CBBC), Echo Park Library, 1410 W. Tem­ple St., LA 90026 —  With Mar­i­lyn Alquizo­la, Ryo Alfar, Cecil­ia Brainard. con­firmed. RSVP Here: http://bit.ly/3IgC0Ui
or email palhbooks@gmail.com; Event will be livestreamed on CBBC FB page (https://www.facebook.com/carlosbulosanbookclub)

March 29, 2023 — Wed. 4:30–5:30 pm (PDT) — hybrid in-per­son­/on­line — Talk/Readings with Teen Coun­cil: Teen­Scape, Floor 2, Los Ange­les Cen­tral Library, Cen­tral Library, 630 W. 5th St. LA, CA 90071 — With Bri­an Ascalon Roley,  Mar­i­lyn Alquizo­la, Ryo Alfar, Cecil­ia Brainard,  confirmed

April 20, 2023 — Thurs, 8–11:30 p.m. — Cecil­ia is fea­tured at the Paris­Lit­Up Read­ing at the Cul­ture Rapi­de,  103 rue Julien Lacrois, Paris , Ile-de-France 75020. Metro Belleville — confirmed

Octo­ber 16, 2023 — Mon­day, 10 a.m. Mani­la time , in per­son and via Zoom, Miriam/Maryknoll Col­lege, Que­zon City, Philip­pines, with Cecil­ia Brainard, Patri­cia Manuel Go, George Deoso.

 

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