TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Press release

Friday, March 12, 2021

Press Release SELECTED SHORT STORIES by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

PRESS RELEASE 3/12/2021

The University of Santo Tomas Publishing House will soon release SELECTED SHORT STORIES by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, a collection of 39 stories. This collection will also be released in the US later this year. Please stay tuned for order information.
The book includes some of Brainard’s best short stories including the popular: Woman with Horns, Flip Gothic, Romeo, and Brainard’s recent stories: The Syrian Doctor in Paris, and Melisande in Paris, and more.
The book cover was created by noted Filipino artist, Felix Magno.

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.