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New Children’s Book: Asian and Philippine Folktales

October 21, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

I edited this children's book of folklore. It's a perfect gift, so keep this in mind for Christmas! ASIAN AND PHILIPPINE FOLKTALES: RETELLINGS BY PAWWA  contains retellings of beloved Asian and Philippine folktales as retold by members of  Philippine American Women Writers and Artists.. This collection includes 25 stories from places such as Laos, Japan, Korea, Sumatra, Vietnam, China, Bali, … [Read more...] about New Children’s Book: Asian and Philippine Folktales

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Asian Folktales, children's book, Filipino folktales, Folkore, folktales

Book Review of Seven Stories from Seven Sisters, Children’s Filipino Folklore

March 26, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Dr. Herminia Menez Coben Herminia Coben who gave me a copy of this review of the children's book, Seven Stories from Sisters, a project of PAWWA (Philippine American Women Writers and Artists), a group I cofounded. The book was published a while back. PALH may have a few copies left, so email palhbooks@gmail.com if interested. From Wikipedia: "Philippine American Women Writers and … [Read more...] about Book Review of Seven Stories from Seven Sisters, Children’s Filipino Folklore

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Children's book. Filipino book, Filipino folktales

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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