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Monday, October 24, 2011

MORE ON BEES

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I'm still following on the plight of bees. Here are two articles about them: Dan Rather on Bees: //blip.tv/hdnet-news-and-documentaries...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Pictures of San Miguel Allende & Guanajuato, Mexico

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I visited San Miguel Allende and Guanajuato in Mexico. This is a repeat visit; I love these places. They are Spanish colonial towns in the ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Creative Writing Class - Coming up!

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I'm teaching Essential Beginnings of Creative Writing at the Writers Program, UCLA Extension Nov. 4-Dec.15, please call 310-825-9415 for...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Pictures from Book Talk, Carson Public Library

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These pictures were taken at Book Talk, with Carlene Bonnivier, Cecilia Brainard, Lorenzo Paran, and Samantha Sotto, sponsored by Philippine...
Friday, October 7, 2011

RECAP OF THE FILAM BOOK FEST

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Recap of the FilAm Book Fest By: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard The first ever, Filipino American International Book Festival (FilAm Book Fest) ...
Thursday, October 6, 2011

What's Cecilia Brainard doing this Saturday, Oct. 8?

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YOU'RE INVITED: I'll be reading from ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS and VIGAN AND OTHER STORIES in Carson Public Library, Sat. Oct. 8 2-4:...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Articles re FilAm Book Festival

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I found these article about FilAm Book Fest: http://208.184.76.173/Article.aspx?articleId=731108&publicationSubCategoryId=111 Filbook Fe...

BOOK TALK in Carson Public Library

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Hi, I'm part of this program, and hope you can make it. BOOK TALKS TO CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH S...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Reprint from ABC-CBN News.com

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(I found this on the internet. To clarify, Flip Gothic is a work of fiction. I do want to thank the folks from ABS-CBN because they have a...

re the Filipino American International Book Festival

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The first ever, Filipino American International Book Festival (FilAm Book Fest) was held in San Francisco Oct. 1-2, and was, in my opinion a...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

What is Cecilia Brainard Up to?

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COMING UP: Thurs, Sept. 29 7 p.m. - Reading at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley Friday, Sept. 30 - Talk to Students of Galil...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

You Are Invited to the HOT OFF THE PRESS: LITERARY READINGS, FilAm Book Fest - Final Lineup

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Here's the Final Lineup of the Readings, Hot Off the Press, with authors' books noted: Please join us for Hot Off the Press this wee...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

You Are Invited to the HOT OFF THE PRESS: LITERARY READINGS, FilAm Book Fest

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YOU ARE INVITED TO: HOT OFF THE PRESS: Literary Readings at the FilAm Book Festival in San Francisco, Oct. 1 and 2, 2011, Koret Auditorium, ...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Reprint of Manila Bulletin Article - Which Book Would You Un-ban?

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Which book would you un-ban? By RONALD S. LIM September 24, 2011, 12:22pm MANILA, Philippines — Every year, from September 25 to October 1, ...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Thank you, Teacher - reprint from Manila Bulletin

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Here's another article in the Manila Bulletin that includes my 2-centavos worth. Thank you, teacher In gratitude, these personalities pa...

What Would You Ask Rizal? - Reprint Manila Bulletin

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I found this article in the internet that includes my 2-centavos worth: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/323194/what-would-you-ask-rizal What w...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

THOUGHTS ON DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TIBET, The Sun Behind the Clouds

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I saw the documentary The Sun Behind the Clouds (directed by Sarin and Sonam) about Tibet's fight for independence from China and the te...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

INQUIRER NEWS RE SAN FRANCISCO FILBOOKFEST

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One Hundred Authors, Thousands of Books at Filbookfest http://globalnation.inquirer.net/12533/one-hundred-authors-thousands-of-books-at-filb...
Monday, September 12, 2011

HOT OFF THE PRESS: LITERARY READINGS and MORE

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The first ever Filipino American International Book Festival will be held in San Francisco on October 1 and 2. Some 100 Filipino writers fr...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Mother Goddess Figures: Food for Thought

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I'm taking a class that's looking at ancient statues of Mother Goddesses. I found a picture of the statue of the Venus of Willendor...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Book Signing - FPAC September 10, 1-4 p.m.

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Hi, if you're attending the FPAC Festival this weekend, stop by the booth of Philippine Expressions. I'll be signing VIGAN AND OTHER...

Feastday of Our Lady of Velankanni & Our Lady's Birthday today

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Novena Prayer to Our Lady of Velankanni Oh Most Holy Virgin! You were chosen by the Most Adorable Trinity from all eternity to be the mo...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Maryknollers in California - More pictures

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I got together with some Maryknoll classmates over the weekend. Maria Ciocon is wearing black and white; Lucy Adao McGinley has the bow in ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

SANTA MONICA PLANE CRASH - Aug. 29, 2011

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This happened just blocks away from our house - a plane crash, at around 2:30 p.m.. The pilot survived; he just had a broken leg. A painter ...

Literary Reading, Sept. 29, 7 p.m, Eastwind Books, Berkeley,

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Eastwind Books of Berkeley Authors & Poets Reading: "THE PLACES WE CALL HOME" featuring Oscar Bermeo, Cecilia Manguerra ...
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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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