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Month: October 2013

Excerpt from Recap on Fil Am Book Fest II

The gravitational force who coordinated, collaborated, and made this rare celestial alignment possible was poet and professor and Festival Director … More

Fil Am Book Fest, Filipino American Literature, Filipino Literature, Jon Pineda, Luisa A Igloria, Lysley Tenorio, San Francisco Public Library

We Need New Names, NoViolet Bulawayo (Little, Brown and Company, 2013)

I used to be very afraid of graveyards and death and such things, but not anymore. There is just no … More

death, fear, graveyards, youth

We Need New Names, NoViolet Bulawayo (Little, Brown and Company, 2013)

We did not go back home to visit because we did not have the papers for our return, and so … More

African Diaspora, America, Immigrant, Immigrant Experience, NoViolet Bulawayo, Self Exile, United States

The date nears 19 October, Fil Am Book Fest II @ SFPL

Borrowed from Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s blog: INVITATION TO THE HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS, part of the Second Filipino … More

Fil Am Book Fest, Filipi, Filipino American, Filipino Literature, Jon Pineda, Luisa Igloria, Lysley Tenorio

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