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Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi, France

June 4, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

Marc and Ofelia Tequi   The following is part of my series, Filipinos Coping with Covid. Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi was born in Iloilo and has lived with her husband Marc in France for many years. Ofelia is a modern and comptemporary artist as well as a printmaker. Responding to my interview questions, Ofelia describes life for her and her husband Marc in Limeuil, France, during the time … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi, France

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CopingwithCovid, Coronavirus, covid19, FilipinoFrench, Interview, pandemic

Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin, France

June 4, 2020 by admin 2 Comments

  The following interview is part of my series, Filipinos Coping with Covid. Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin (Bonnie) was born in Manila and has lived in Paris France for many years. She is the award-winning author of A Normal Life and Other Stories and the novel The Betrayed. ~ Cecilia Brainard Cecilia Brainard Interviews Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin Interview conducted via email on May … [Read more...] about Filipinos #CopingWithCovid — Reine Marie Bonnie Melvin, France

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CopingwithCovid, Coronavirus, covid19, FilipinoFrench, interivew, pandemic

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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