TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cecilia Brainard & Linda Ty-Casper Events at Ateneo Literary and Cultural Studies Program

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Cecilia Brainard & Linda Ty-Casper Events at Ateneo Literary and Cultural Studies Program

Thanks to Dr. Charlie Samuya Veric for arranging the lovely book launch of Linda Ty-Casper's book, A SMALL PARTY IN A GARDEN: REVISED AND CRITICAL EDITION, sponsored by the Ateneo de Manila University Literary and Cultural Studies Program and the Ateneo Martial Law Museum and Library.

Copies at the launch were sold out but one can find copies of this famous Martial Law protest novella in Amazon

This literary event followed a Conversation between Charlie Samuya Veric and me (Cecilia Manguerra) --- "On Writing, Diaspora, and Translation." I was very impressed at how well-prepared Charlie was, having read a stack of books by and about me. His questions traced my family background, influences, roots, of my development as a writer and publisher. His interview and follow up questions were very comprehensive.

Here are some pictures but there are more. I'll add them here. The photos include pictures of my family and my visit to the Ateneo Art Gallery.

Thanks to the Ateneo folk and visitors who filled the H. Acosta room.

Thanks also to Exploding Galaxies and Vibal Foundation for making fine Filipiniana stories available.

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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.