TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: #WomenMakeChange PANEL DISCUSSION WITH FILIPINO & FIL-AM WOMEN WRITERS, Philippine Embassy Invitation

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

#WomenMakeChange PANEL DISCUSSION WITH FILIPINO & FIL-AM WOMEN WRITERS, Philippine Embassy Invitation

We'll be discussing some interesting topics next week March 8 at the "PANEL DISCUSSION WITH FILIPINO AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS" sponsored by the Philippine Embassy of the United States, including:
How does a young writer find his/her voice? What it's been like being a writer in diaspora? How do you stay creative each day? And more topics that will include literary agents, publishers, etc.
Date: Monday, March 8, 2021, 5-6 p.m. EST via Zoom and Facebook Live.
The panel moderator is Aileen Cassinetto, and the panelists are: Cecilia Brainard, Migs Bravo Dutt, Luisa Igloria, and Gayle Romansanta.
To receive the zoom link, please register at https://tiny.cc/IWD3821.
Note: 5-6 pm EST on March 8 is 2-3 PT March 8 and is 6 am Philippine time on March 9.

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Tags: Philippines Filipino American books writers

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.