TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: John Iremil Teodoro Writes "Rediscovering Cecilia Manguerra Brainard"

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

John Iremil Teodoro Writes "Rediscovering Cecilia Manguerra Brainard"

This totally made my day!

https://dailyguardian.com.ph/rediscovering-cecilia-manguerra-brainard/

The writer and academic John Iremil Teodoro wrote about me and my work in his column in the Iloilo newspaper, the Daily Guardian. John writes about some of my books which he has enjoyed, my novel, MAGDALENA, and ACAPULCO AT SUNSET AND OTHER STORIES, among others.

In his article, he mentions our June 8, 2025 launch of HOW I BECAME A WRITER: ESSAYS BY FILIPINO AND FILIPINO AMERICAN WRITERS (Vibal), which includes 22 top notch Filipino writers, John included. John himself has published 20 books and received the prestigious SEA Write Award from the Kingdom of Thailand -- no small feat.

The other writers in HOW I BECAME A WRITER are: Merlie Alunan, Ian Casocot, Linda Ty-Casper, Aileen Cassinetto, Kristian Sendon Cordero, Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Jose Dalisay, Noelle Q. De Jesus, Allan N. Derain, Migs Bravo Dutt, Yvette Fernandez, Caroline Hau, Luisa A. Igloria, Paulino Lim, Jr., Tony Perez (who recently passed away, RIP), Elmer Omar Pizo, Joel Pablo Salud, Eileen Tabios, Jack Wigley, and yours truly.

The writers in HOW I BECAME A WRITER have such wonderful honest write-ups about what led them to become these fine accomplished creative writers, prompting Resil Mojares (Philippine National Artist in Literature to say:

"How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers offers intimate, fine-grained accounts in the making of what constitutes contemporary Philippine literature, provided by a remarkable set of Filipino writers in the Philippines and abroad, It is a book to be treasured."

Yes, I'm plugging this fine collection, because I'm genuinely proud of the writers in this book. You can pick up a copy from Lazada and Vibal Shop. It will eventually be listed in Amazon. To those in the US, dying to have a copy, message me.

Thank you, John for honoring me with your article.

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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.