TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Veltisezar Bautista's THE FILIPINO AMERICANS (1763-Present): Their History, Culture and Traditions

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Veltisezar Bautista's THE FILIPINO AMERICANS (1763-Present): Their History, Culture and Traditions

Thanks to Rachielle Sheffler (shown in picture above) who sent me pages from the book by Veltisezar Bautista, THE FILIPINO AMERICANS (1763-PRESENT): Their History, Culture and Traditions (Bookhaus Publishers 1998, 2002). She said she found the book at the public library in Mira Mesa, San Diego.

The book includes a writeup about me. I remember Mr. Bautista contacting me about this book, but I don't have a copy of this book. I am delighted that Rachielle scanned and sent the pages to me; the pages include me through Carlos Bulosan.

tags: Filipino American history, Filipino American culture, Filipino American literature, Filipino American resource, Filipino American encyclopedia

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.