TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Philippine Literature Critic Dr. Leonard Casper

Monday, January 5, 2015

Philippine Literature Critic Dr. Leonard Casper

Linda Ty Casper, and I have been emailing each other recently, and she sent me a picture of her husband, Dr. Leonard Casper. I asked permission to post it, and Linda said to go ahead.

Len and Linda Casper have extended so much kindness to me through the years.

Linda, a noted Philippine novelist, has participated in many of my book projects, such as Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, Growing Up Filipino, and many more.

Dr. Leonard Casper discussed my literary work in his reviews and books, including, Possibilities of Humaneness in an Age of Slaughter (Sunsurfers Seen from Afar: Critical Essays, Anvil); BACK-AZIMUTH Filipino Writers Abroard (Kinaadman XXVII 2005; and Review of Song of Yvonne (Philippine Studies 41).

Leonard Casper, a pioneer in serious criticism of Philippine Literature in English, is the author/editor of 16 books and has taught in 5 colleges in two continents. He first went to the Philippines in 1953 as a visiting professor from Cornell University, and he taught at the University of the Philippines. He was also a Fulbright visiting lecturer to the Philippines and taught at the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, and Philippine Normal University. He taught at the Boston College for 45 years.

There is a summary of his works in this site.

This site also has a description of his papers at Syracuse University.

Thanks again to Linda and Len for all their support and best wishes to them and their family this new year.

Read also
Leonard Casper's Possibilities of Humaneness in an Age of Slaughter
In Honor of Filipino Writer, Linda Ty Casper
In Place of Trees, by Linda Ty-Casperhttp://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2013/11/fiction-by-guest-blogger-linda-ty.html

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.