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US Edition of FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA Released

November 7, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

PALH (Philip­pine Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary House) announces the release of the US edi­tion of the col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA, edit­ed by Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard. The book is avail­able from Ama­zon for $17.95: <https://www.amazon.com/dp/1953716059>. It is also avail­able in Kin­dle form: <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KYY1FVP>.

The book col­lects short fic­tion by Philip­pine and Philip­pine Amer­i­can writ­ers includ­ing Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard, Car­los Bulosan, Luis Cabalquin­to, Vir­gina R. Cere­nio, Juan C. Dion­i­sio, Alber­to S. Flo­renti­no, Lig­aya Vic­to­rio Fru­to, Jean Ven­gua Gier, N.V.M. Gon­za­lez, Erlin­da Vil­lam­or Kravetz, Pauli­no Lim, Jr. Manuel R. Olimpo, Julia L. Palar­ca, Oscar Peñaran­da, Bien­venido N. San­tos, Nadine Sar­real, Michelle Cruz Skin­ner, Samuel Tagat­ac, Lin­da Ty-Casper, Nenutz­ka Vil­la­mar, Mar­i­anne Vil­lanue­va, and Manuel A. Viray.

First pub­lished in the Philip­pines in 1993, this 2020 US edi­tion hopes to accom­mo­date librar­i­ans, pro­fes­sors, teach­ers, and stu­dents inter­est­ed in Philip­pine Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture, books which are still scarce in the US. This col­lec­tion, which has been cit­ed by edu­ca­tors and librar­i­ans as a valu­able resource includes clas­sic sto­ries such as “A Scent of Apples” by Bien­venido N. San­tos and “The Romance of Mag­no Rubio” by Car­los Bulosan.

Writ­ing for World Lit­er­a­ture Today, Pro­fes­sor Al Camus Palo­mar, prais­es the book say­ing: “(Edi­tor) Manguer­ra Brainard’s selec­tion is a delight. Some of the sto­ries are mas­ter­ly, espe­cial­ly those writ­ten by such reli­ables as Car­los Bulosan, Lin­da Ty-Casper, N.V.M. Gon­za­lez, and Alber­to S. Flo­renti­no. None is less than high­ly com­pe­tent, and all are worth read­ing. Manguer­ra Brainard has done an excel­lent job of mix­ing crit­i­cal judge­ment and per­son­al taste.”

Isagani R. Cruz wrote in Philip­pines Star: “Def­i­nite­ly one of the most out­stand­ing antholo­gies pub­lished [in 1993], this col­lec­tion of sto­ries by 23 Fil­ipino writ­ers who work or used to work in the Unit­ed States is a must-read for all stu­dents of Philip­pine Lit­er­a­ture.” The sto­ries con­vey the his­to­ry of Fil­ipinos in Amer­i­ca via fic­tion and the book is acknowl­edged an impor­tant addi­tion to Philip­pine, Philip­pine-Amer­i­can, as well as Asian-Amer­i­can literature.

Con­tact palh@aol.com for more information.

 

Book Reviews of Fic­tion by Fil­ipinos in America

Sheng-Mei for Pilip­inas, Michi­gan State Uni­ver­si­ty — No. 24, Spring 1995

Isagani R. Cruz for Philip­pine Star, Feb. 17, 1994

Al Camus Palo­mar for World Lit­er­a­ture Today, Autumn 1994

Tags: Philip­pines lit­er­a­ture, Philip­pines fic­tion, Philip­pines books, Philip­pines short sto­ries, Philip­pines stories

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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.

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