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Fil Am Writers Gather in Santa Monica, CA

August 16, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

A group of us had lunch at my home with the writer Brian Ascalon Roley (author American Son) who's visiting Santa Monica, CA. Present were: Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, Brian Roley, Marilyn Alquizola (America is in the Heart: a Personal History revised), Jaime Geaga, Noel Alumit (author Letters to Montgomery Clift), and me. We had such great fun talking about literature, politics, being … [Read more...] about Fil Am Writers Gather in Santa Monica, CA

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: FilAm literature, FilAm writers, Filipino American writers, Pinoy Reads

Mae Respicio in Hot Off the Press Literary Reading, Oct. 9

August 21, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

12/21 Statement from Cecilia Manguerra Brainard regarding PAWA and Hot Off the Press Literary Readings: Please be informed that I will no longer be working on future Hot Off the Press Literary Readings (HOTP) and other programs with the San Francisco group PAWA (also known as PAWA, Inc.).  This group is also known as Philippine American Writers and Artists, Filipino American International Book … [Read more...] about Mae Respicio in Hot Off the Press Literary Reading, Oct. 9

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: children's book, Filam Authors, FilAm literature, FilAmbookfest, Philippine American book

Walter Ang’s Article “Prolific Writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Releases her Short Stories

August 11, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

"Prolific Writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Releases her Short Stories" by Walter Ang, Inquirer.net, 8/11/21  https://usa.inquirer.net/80089/prolific-writer-cecilia-manguerra-brainard-re-releases-her-short-stories LOS ANGELES — Prolific author and publisher Filipino American Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is releasing a new anthology, Selected Short Stories, which collects 39 of her previously … [Read more...] about Walter Ang’s Article “Prolific Writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Releases her Short Stories

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: article, Filam Authors, FilAm literature, philippine authors, Philippine books, Philippine literature

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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