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Filipino American Poet Tony Robles Interviews Cecilia Brainard

November 13, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Filipino American poet interviews novelist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard as part of his PEOPLE'S POET PODCAST (TRIPLE P): Interview with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. Do check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-GMM7iDmo&t=2857s tags: Philippines Philippine American books, Philippine American writers, Philippines Philippine American literature … [Read more...] about Filipino American Poet Tony Robles Interviews Cecilia Brainard

Thank you too, Lauren Flores Fantauzzo (My Heart Underwater)

October 27, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Thank you Laurel Flores Fantauzzo (author of MY HEART UNDERWATER pub Quill Tree Books) for acknowledging me and my novel). I'm glad my work helped you. https://aaww.org/seven-writers-on-the-ya-fiction-that.../ "When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (University of Michigan Press, 1999) One day my lola made a sharp zipping sound with her lips and tongue, and sliced … [Read more...] about Thank you too, Lauren Flores Fantauzzo (My Heart Underwater)

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

Filipino American Poet Tony Robles Interviews Cecilia Brainard

Thank you too, Lauren Flores Fantauzzo (My Heart Underwater)

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