TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: #Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

Monday, September 4, 2017

#Authors Tony Robles & Robert Flor in HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS Oct. 7 & 8, 2017 #FilAm Book Fest

FEATURED AUTHORS:

Here are two more authors who'll be participating in the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 2017. These readings are part of the Filipino American International Book Festival. They will be held at the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 94102.

I'll be featuring more participants of the HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, so stay tuned!

To view the complete schedule of the three HOT OFF THE PRESS Literary Readings, click here : http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/09/schedule-hot-off-press-literary.html

Tony Robles will be reading from Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike (Spear Press 2017).

Tony Robles is a San Francisco poet and author of Cool Don't Live Here No More--A Letter to San Francisco. He is a short list finalist for poet laureate of SF, 2017 and recipient of SF Art Commission individual artist grant 2017-2018. Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike is his second poetry/short story collection published by Ithuriel's Spear Press. Tony serves as board president of the Manilatown Heritage Foundation.

Robert Flor will be reading from Alaskero Memories (Carayan Press 2016).

Robert Francis Flor, Ph.D from Seattle co-chairs Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Arts. His poems appeared in the “Field of Mirrors”, “Voices of the Asian American Experience” and “Where Are You From?” the Thymos Book Project. “Alaskero Memories”, his poetry chapbook was published in 2016 by Carayan Press. He writes plays about the Filipino community in Seattle. His short plays “The Injury” (2013), “Pinoy Hill” (2014); “Pinakbet” (2015) were performed Eclectic Theatre Festival. “Salamangka’s Barber Shop” was read at Burien Actors Theatre (2015). “Mabuhay Majesty” his full-length play was recently produced at Seattle’s Rainier Arts Center (2017).

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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.