TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cecilia Brainard at Philippine Expressions, Masskara Festival

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Cecilia Brainard at Philippine Expressions, Masskara Festival

Cecilia with Dar Santos Family

Linda Nietes of Philippine Expressions invited me to sign my books at the Masskara Festival on Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Long Beach. I It was great seeing Linda and her husband Robert again. I was also delighted to see Marilu Morris, Cedric, Ernie Delfin, Eric Lachica. I was happy to meet the Dar Santos Family, all members of whom read and bought Filipiniana books. Here are some pictures courtesy of MariLu Morris and Lisa Pimentel Dar Santos.

Tags: book signing, Philippine Expressions, festival

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.