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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

Honoring Lina Espina Moore, Fiction Writer from Cebu, Philippines

February 15, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

One of Cebu's noted fiction writers was Lina Espina Moore (1919-2000). I met Lina in my publisher's (Gloria Rodriguez) office when I was an emerging writer and she was an established one. She greeted me and my mother (whom she knew) warmly, and Lina went on to mentor me. When I met her she was already a widow but she enjoyed talking about her married days with Kip Moore when they lived up in Mr. … [Read more...] about Honoring Lina Espina Moore, Fiction Writer from Cebu, Philippines

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: author, Cebu, Cebuana, Filipina, literature, novelist, Visayan, writer

Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

February 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Please join us: Storytelling & Sketching Talk by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Benavides Building University of Santo Tomas, Manila February 22, 2019, 3-5 p.m. Description: There will be a Powerpoint Presentation, Talk, and Open Forum regarding the Creative Process, by author and editor of 21 books, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, who recently discovered the art of … [Read more...] about Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, creative process, creative writing, drawing, Philippines, sketching, writer, writing

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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