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Kindle Release of Two Novellas by Eve La Salle Caram & Cecilia Brainard

August 26, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

PALH (Philippine American Literary House) announces the Kindle release of two novellas, PLEASE, SAN ANTONIO! by Eve La Salle Caram & MELISANDE IN PARIS by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GL7D81T The book. a Special International edition of PALH, collects two delightful novellas written by award-winning authors about women who journey to Rome and Paris and find … [Read more...] about Kindle Release of Two Novellas by Eve La Salle Caram & Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: book, Europe, literary, novellas, Paris, Rome, women

ParisLitUp Literary Reading in 2018

April 24, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

It's hard to imagine that in April 2018 I did a literary reading at #ParisLitUp .  As their featured reader, I shared excerpts from my novels. I'm remembering Matt Jones and the young people who run ParisLitUp.  I hope they are all fine. Matt Jones listening to my reading. Cecilia with Matt Jones and others before the ParisLitUp reading. Mike Head and Cecilia Brainard. … [Read more...] about ParisLitUp Literary Reading in 2018

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: author, Filipino, literary, literature, novel, ParisLitup, performance, poetry, reading, writer

Book Review of Reine Arcache Melvin’s novel, The Betrayed

January 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is Cecilia Brainard's book review of Reine Arcache Melvin's novel, The Betrayed (Ateneo 2018). http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/…/passion-in-the-time-of-… " Reine Arcache Melvin, who has lived in Paris for years, has created a fine Filipino novel. The work is exquisitely written; the language is elegant and unpretentious. The form of her work is straightforward – we start from the … [Read more...] about Book Review of Reine Arcache Melvin’s novel, The Betrayed

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: book review, literary, literature, review

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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