Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Documentary by Cebuano Studies Center & NCAA about Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

 



I am reposting the link to the documentary video produced by the Cebuano Studies Center in conjunction with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts --
THE CEBUANA IN THE WORLD: CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD WRITING OUT OF CEBU

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLo3H-Pdy1g 

The video is approx. 1 hour and 40 minutes long. It includes analyses of my work by Drs. Hope Yu and Bea Lastimosa in the last part.

 

Please don't forget to "Like" in YouTube. Thank you.

 

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Book Review of Growing Up Filipino 3 by Dr. Lynn Grow, Positively Filipino

 


Book Review of Growing Up Filipino 3 by Dr. Lynn Grow, published in Positively Filipino:

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/sumptuous-fil-am-fiction-roots-and-all

 

 Excerpt,. please continue reading in the Positively Filipino link. 

"Growing Up Filipino 3 is another masterful assemblage of short fiction collected and edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. The quality of this book should come as no surprise given Brainard's track record over the years. She has demonstrated a virtually impeccable literary judgment more than once, not only with Volumes One and Two in the Growing Up Filipino series, but also in very creative collections like A La Carte: Food and Fiction, co-edited with Marily Ysip Orosa (Anvil, 2007), in which recipes for delectable dishes like Kare-Kare are juxtaposed with delectable short stories like Brainard's own “Romeo.” This also illustrates Brainard's conviction that editing and writing are cut from the same cloth. The introduction to her Selected Short Stories (PALH, 2021) makes this clear: “Each of the thirty-nine stories... was born from my obsession over a character, a time period, a situation, or a place ...some ‘thing’... rooted in my imagination, prompting me to give the numinous 'thing' form.” This description applies equally well to the 25 stories in Growing Up Filipino 3..."


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Monday, February 20, 2023

Sunstar Article - Cebuano Studies Center Holds Cecilia Brainard Talk

 



Many thanks to my friend Atty. Lyn Ocampo for sharing this picture of the Sunstar writeup re my talk sponsored by Cebuano Studies Center . Dr. Hope Sabanpan Yu, Dr. Bea Lastimosa, and Sunstar, many thanks for your support.

 

Cebuano Studies Center hosted my Feb. 7 talk in Cebu and it also launched a documentary video done in conjunction with the National Commission for Culture and Arts, The Cebuana in the World: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Writing Out of Cebu (click on this link

 

 

BTW, the Cebuano Arts Center Youtube site has wonderful video documentaries about Cebuano National Artist Resil Mojares.

 My heart is full at all this support for me and my work, and I am grateful.


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Sunday, February 19, 2023

Upcoming Book Launches Growing Up Filipino 3 #YAbook

 

  

UPCOMING BOOK LAUNCHES FOR GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: New Stories for Young Adults.
 
Join us in person or via Zoom. Check flyers for details.

 

Feb. 23, 11 a.m. Manila Time - BNSCWC Book Launch and Reading
March 18, 1:30 p.m. Los Angeles - Carlos Bulosan Book Club launch
March 29, 4: 30 p.m., Los Angeles Central Library Talk/Readings

 






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