TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Visiting The Philippine Graphic and Alma Anonas-Carpio

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Visiting The Philippine Graphic and Alma Anonas-Carpio

I visited Alma Anonas-Carpio at her office at the Philippines Graphic, where she works as Associate Editor. I stopped by to pick up copies of the Graphic that published my work, The Incident, a chapter from the novel I’m now rewriting.

I had an interesting visit with her. Our topics ranged from literature to health, from erotica to Nancy Drew --- as Emeril would say Bam! ---We were all over the place. We didn’t even scratch the surface. Another meeting with Alma is planned when I return to Manila since there is much to talk about.

Here are some pictures of Alma and her newsroom.

Some of my first short stories were published by the Philippine Graphic, so I feel a connection with the Graphic. (It and Focus Philippines were the first to validate my storytelling.) The Graphic features news, editorials, fiction, and poetry. It has showcased the writings of numerous Filipino writers. Their standards, by the way, are very high, which accounts for the high quality of this magazine.

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This is all for now,

Cecilia

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.