Friday, June 22, 2018

The New Yorker Cover of Immigrant Children and Lady Liberty

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July 2, 2018 Cover of The New Yorker Immigrant Children cowering beside Lady Liberty Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled m...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Flash Fiction: The Che Guevara Night by Cecilia Brainard

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I'm sharing this short short or flash fiction of mine to honor a friend who recently passed away - Evelyn Ramirez Bosch.  Evelyn, o...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Natural Treatments for Hair Growth

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Natural Treatments for Hair Growth GUGO or GOGO :   I have always known about Gugo Bark for hair growth and wrote about this a while ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

This Saturday! Filipino American Authors at LA Public Library 5/26/18 3 pm

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AFTERNOON WITH FILIPINO AUTHORS CECILIA BRAINARD & PAULINO LIM Jr. Sat. May 26, 2018, 3 p.m. Los Angeles Public Library, Meeting Ro...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Sicily: Greek, Roman, and Norman Influences

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The Island of Sicily is 25,711 square kilometers, slightly smaller than Massachusetts (27,340 square kilometers). Because of its stra...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Discovering Sicily: The Godfather and the Mafia

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Before visiting Sicily, my ideas about Sicily were picked up from the movie The  Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola 1972)....
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Visiting Paris in May

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Dear Readers, I've just returned from a trip to Paris, Sicily, and Malta.  I've been unable to blog because Blogger is slow, ...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Novelist Cecilia Brainard Reading in Paris April 26

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If you're in Paris, join me on Thursday April 26 @ 8-11:30 pm at the ParisLitUp at the Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacrois, ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Afternoon with Filipino Authors Cecilia Brainard & Paulino Lim - May 26 @ 3 pm

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Please mark your calendar! This is a great opportunity to learn about Filipino and Filipino American Literature. Afternoon with Fi...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tips

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Hi, I have some Creative Writing Tips, one-minute videos, sharing nuggets of information that I have learned through years of writing a...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Taking Charge of Fake News and Propaganda

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Last February 2018, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly meddli...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Short Story by Cecilia Brainard, Waiting for Papa's Return

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Hi, I'm sharing my short story, "Waiting for Papa's Return", which is part of my first short story collection, Woman...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 4 - Writer's Block

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If you're suffering or have suffered writer's block, check out Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 4 on how to overc...

Paris Open Mic Featuring Cecilia Brainard April 26

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Invitation: ParisLitpUp Open Mic Featuring Cecilia Brainard Culture Rapide 103 rue Julien Lacroix Paris, Ile-de-France 75020, Fra...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 3: SHOW DON'T TELL

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Novelist Cecilia Brainard shares her Creative Writing Tip No. 3: SHOW DON'T TELL. Check it out in YouTube: https://youtu.be/KA...
Monday, April 2, 2018

Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 2 - Make a Date with Your Muse

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Writer Cecilia Brainard shares information about creative writing in this video - "Make a Date with Your Muse " - Creativ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Book Review of Cecilia Brainard's The Newspaper Widow in Positively Filipino

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      Positively Filipino Book Review        The Newspaper Widow      Novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard      Reviewer: Lisa Suguit...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No.1 - Sensuous Writing #Video

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Cecilia Brainard's Creative Writing Tip No. 1 Write in a Sensuous Way Fiction Writer Cecilia Brainard shares nuggets of infor...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Afternoon with Filipino Authors Cecilia Brainard & Paulino Lim Jr, May 26, 2018, 3 p.m.

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This is an early announcement, but mark your calendars because this is a great opportunity to listen to comprehensive talks and reading...

Cecilia Brainard Interview by Alton Melvar Dapanas in Southern Philippine Journal

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Here is an interview of me by Alton Melvar Dapanas. It appeared in the Payag Habagatan: New Writings from the South on March 22, 2018 ...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Cecilia Brainard Literary Readings from her Novels on YouTube

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Cecilia Brainard did some readings from my three novels, which can be viewed on YouTube.  Here are the links: Cecilia Bra...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

Pinay Gathering 2018 at Philippine Expressions Bookshop #Literature

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L-r: Linda Nietes, Tessie Jayme, Angela Narcisso Torres, Prosy Delacruz, Irene Suico-Soriano, Marianne Villanueva, and Cecilia Brainard...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Voice from the Past - Filipino Author Bienvenido N. Santos

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I was happy to stumble upon this handwritten note from Filipino writer Bienvenido N. Santos to me dated May 22, 1988. Ben Santos was...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Fiction Short Story "Friday Evening at the Seashore" by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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I'm sharing a story that's part of my first short story collection, Woman With Horns and Other Stories .  The collection is ava...
Monday, March 12, 2018

The Narrative Voice by Cecilia Brainard at Cebu Normal University, January 26, 2018

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I gave this talk last January 26, 2018 at the Cebu Normal University. ~ Cecilia Manguerra Brainard  ~~ The Narrative Voice: Ta...