TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from Cecilia Brainard

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from Cecilia Brainard

I wish all my readers the best this holiday season! Blessings to you and your loved ones.
I am sharing with you a poem that appeared in the November 2024 issue of the Philippine Graphic. I do not always write poetry so this is "rare" if you will. Further, the Graphic, along with Focus Philippines and Mr. & Ms. were some of the magazines that published my early writings, and so this publication of "My Mother's Skirts" is special to me.
You can still get a copy of the November 2023 Graphic from Lazada. To those abroad, I am sharing this snapshot of the cover and page with my story.

Tags: Christmas story, Cecilia Brainard poems, Philippine literature, Cebuano literature

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.