TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: How I Became a Writer 2 (ed Brainard)

Monday, August 24, 2026

How I Became a Writer 2 (ed Brainard) - Book Launch MIBF2026

How I Became a Writer 2: Essays by Filipino Writers (edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard) will be at VIBAL Booths, MIBF 2026 on Sat. Sept. 12, 2026, Book Launch at 5 PM; Book Signing from 1-8 pm.

The anthology includes personal essays by: Gene Alcantara, Joem Antonio, Wendell P. Capili, Rene Ciria Cruz, Claire Betita de Guzman, Ma. Ceres Doyo, Susan Evangelista, Luis Francia, Myles Garcia, Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Marra Pl. Lanot, Elizabeth Lalorga, Alma Cruz Miclat, Father Jay Miranda, Vicente Rafael, Ige Ramos, Danton Remoto, Brian Roley, Geronimo Tagatac, Grace Talusan, Jose Victor Torres, Randy Valiente, Charlie Samuya Veric, Marites Vitug, and Jessica Zafra.

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Read also:

Book Launches for How I Became a Writer 2

Perspectives in the Arts and Humatiies Asia - Dr. Charlie Veric Interviws Cecilia Brainard

Writing Amid the Babel of Books by Vicente L Rafael - included in How I Became a Writer 2

I Became a Writer by Marra Pl. Lanot - included in How I Became a Writer 2

Book Review of How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers by Elfren S. Cruz

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.