Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Proud to be Part of "Filipino Woman Writing" by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo



I'm proud to be part of this book by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo who wrote:

"This was waiting for me on my desk Monday morning. Great way to start the week!

"Here's the blurb:

'Twenty years have passed since this groundbreaking book was first published. In 1994, there was hardly any "life writing" being published in the Philippines, let alone critical commentary of it. Hidalgo retrieved what she called "autobiographical narratives" by Filipino women from their essay collections, columns, and sundry other publications, and focused on how they wrote and rewrote themselves while writing of their "homes." The UST Publishing House has decided to re-issue Hidalgo's book, with a new Introduction by the author, because the field remains relatively unexplored today (despite the publication of many more memoirs by Filipinas) and its insights remain fresh and relevant.'



Photo of first issue Filipino Woman Writing courtesy of Pinay Van Alemanya



"The writers included in the book are Paula Carolina Malay, Maria Luna Lopez, Estrella Alfon, Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil, Kerima Polotan Tuvera, Barbara Gonzalez,Cecilia Brainard, Sylvia Mayuga (Sylvia Morningstar), Rosario Garcellano, and Gilda Cordero-Fernando. (Links and photos added by Cecilia Brainard)




Estrella Alfon, photo courtesy of PALH


Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil, photo courtesy of ALIWW


Kerima Polotan Tuvera

Gilda Cordero-Fernando, photo courtesy of  SJAAA-Inc

"Thank you very much, John Jack G. WigleyAilil Alvarez and everyone at the UST Publishing House, especially cover designer Dawn Catherine P. Llanera. And thank you to Rica Bolipata Santos, former director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press for relinquishing publishing rights to the book.

"The painting on the cover is by Antonio Ko, Jr. And the teacup -- which is part of my small but well-loved collection of tea things -- is a gift from Rolando Tolentino, brought home from one of his many trips to Japan.


"(And if I might be allowed to brag a bit, the first edition is cited in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Life WRITING: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL FORMS, first published in 2001:https://books.google.com.ph/books…)" ~by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo



Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born Cristina Pantoja) is an award-winning Filipina fictionist, critic and pioneering writer of creative nonfiction. She is currently Professor Emeritus of English & Comparative Literature at theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman and Director of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies.

The anthology should be available from the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.








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