TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Later Today 4/22/21 California time: Reimagining Cebu

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Later Today 4/22/21 California time: Reimagining Cebu

In celebration of the National Month of Literature, the Department of Languages and Literature and the College of Arts & Sciences of CTU Main proudly bring you the Pagpaambit 2021 on April 23, 2021 at 8:00 am (Philippine standard time) and April 22, 2021 at 5:00 PM (US California time).

(Cecilia talks at 6 pm California time - zoom link at end of announcement.)

This year, we will be graced by distinguished US-based Cebuana literary writer Cecilia Brainard who will talk about how she reimagined Cebu in her fictions and other literary works, how her being a writer overseas influence or shape her vision of Cebu, and what her insights are into this year's theme "500 Years of Writing the Filipino Worldview."

The afternoon session will cover the literary congress showcasing the literary research publications and extension projects by CTU's languages and literature faculty across the campuses.

Magkita-kita ta karun'g April 23, 2021 Philippine time/April 22 California time ga #kasicAS! #500YoCCebu

(Zoom link) https://ctu-edu ph.zoom.us/j/84053640140?pwd=cjFyM0RxNWI1L2FjdlFLSWhLa

WZBdz09 Passcode: pagpaambit

Registration link: https://forms.gle/pSQkjG2Hm9jwV8b26

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.