TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD

CECILIA BRAINARD BLOG: A compilation of articles by Philippine American writer Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. Stop and rest for a while in my blogsite.

Showing posts with label Manila Philippines. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Manila Philippines. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2009

MAJOR FLOODING IN METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Read on, and google: Manila typhoon Ondoy http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/asia/28philip.html?_r= http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiap...

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

OCTOBER EVENT IN PARIAN, OLD CEBU, PHILIPPINES

While I was in Ireland, I received this from my sister-in-law, Terry Escano Manguerra. She is talking about more development in Old Cebu - ...

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Cebuana Trailblazers "Sugboanang Tag-una"

I've been in touch with Professor Linda Alburo, Director of the Cebuano Studies Center in the University of San Carlos. While I was in ...

Sunday, July 20, 2008

John Silva's National Museum Tour

From Manila, John Silva sent an email about the tours he gives at the National Museum. Schedule follows: FINDING BEAUTY IN OUR OWN A Nation...

Friday, July 11, 2008

Manila Friends Activities

I don't know if Manila is a place where something is always happening, but when I go there, it seems that way. It is a sprawling busy m...

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Manila Updates

I took the ferry from Makati to Quiapo to take pictures of Pasig River and to shop in Quiapo. The Makati terminal is in Guadalupe on J.P. R...

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard: Profile Views figure is stuck. There are over a million pageviews., United States; 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.

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