TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cambria Calfornia: ENT in My Backyard!

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Cambria Calfornia: ENT in My Backyard!

It's a glorious morning in Cambria, and guess what I saw when I looked outside? An ENT tree!

This mini-retreat in beautiful Cambria will give me the chance to get ready for my forthcoming talks in Jackson Tennessee -- see the schedule below:

2016 Second Annual Literary Symposium, Jackson Tennessee

Sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson-Madison County Public Library

Fri. April 22 - 6 p.m. Brainard talk "The Impact of Filipino History and Culture Upon American Literature" at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1665 Highway 45 Bypass, Jackson

Sat. April 23

Breakfast meeting with West TN FilAm Group

1:00-2:30 p.m. - Brainard Talk at the Library

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Tags: Ent tree,, California, Cambria, vacation, Central Coast
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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.