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Sunstar Article — Cebuano Studies Center Holds Cecilia Brainard Talk

February 20, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Many thanks to my friend Atty. Lyn Ocampo for sharing this picture of the Sunstar writeup re my talk sponsored by Cebuano Studies Center. Dr. Hope Sabanpan Yu, Dr. Bea Lastimos and Sunstar, many thanks for your support. Cebuano Studies Center hosted my Feb. 7 talk in Cebu and it also launched a documentary video done in conjunction with the National Commission for Culture and Arts, The … [Read more...] about Sunstar Article — Cebuano Studies Center Holds Cecilia Brainard Talk

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Cebu art, Cebu culture, Cebu literature, Cebu writers

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

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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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