Miguel Syjuco in Conversation with Cecilia Brainard

Reserve now for the event, Miguel Syjuco In Coversation with novelist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, at the Central Library (Aloud) - Wednesday, May 5, 7 p.m., 213-228-7025, 630 W. Fifth St. LA 90071

http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/463/Miguel-Syjuco.

Syjuco’s daring debut novel opens with Crispin Salvador, lion of Philippine letters, dead in the Hudson River. Winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, Syjuco exposes the corruption behind the rich families who have ruled the Philippines for generations offering an unhindered view of a society caught between reckless decay and hopeful progress

Miguel Syjuco has a master’s degree from Columbia University and is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He received the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize and the Philippines’ highest literary honor, the Palanca Award, for the unpublished manuscript of Ilustrado. Born in 1976 into a political family in Manila, Syjuco left the Philippines to become a writer.

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the award-winning author of 6 books, including the novels, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept and Magdalena. She has edited several books including the collection of stories for young adults, Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. She teaches at UCLA-Extension’s Writers Program.