CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD: PHILIPPINE AMERICAN WRITER CALIFORNIA CEBU
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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults is the second volume of the Growing Up Filipino series by PALH. In this collection of 27 short stories, Filipino and Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges and experiences of Filipino teens after the historic events of 9/11. The modern demands do not hinder Filipino youth from dealing with the universal concerns of growing up: family, friends, love, home, budding sexuality, leaving home. The delightful stories are written by well known as well as emerging writers. While the target audience of this fine anthology is young adults, the stories can be enjoyed by adult readers as well. There is a scarcity of Filipino American literature and this book is a welcome addition.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Dean Francis Alfar, Katrina Ramos Atienza, Maria Victoria Beltran, M.G. Bertulfo, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Amalia B. Bueno, Max Gutierrez, Leslieann Hobayan, Jaime An Lim, Paulino Lim Jr., Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, Dolores de Manuel, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Charlson Ong, Marily Ysip Orosa, Kannika Claudine D. Peña, Oscar Peñaranda, Edgar Poma, Tony Robles, Brian Ascalon Roley, Jonathan Jimena Siason, Aileen Suzara, Geronimo G. Tagatac, Marianne Villanueva
Blurbs:
This collection of twenty-eight stories--of growing up Filipino in the Philippines,
in the United States, in Canada--presents adolescents grappling, with some confusion
and anxiety, about their place as affected by social and cultural mobility that
separate and also enclose them. These are stories of discoveries about the young
self at the brink of adulthood; of longing for a once-comfortable past, of fears
arising from present economic hardships which threaten the future; of loneliness
in family gatherings and in school, of racism, single parenthood…These
are impeccable stories in range of subject matter and modes of narration: part
of the story of the Philippines and wherever Filipinos live; part of the world's
story.
Linda Ty-Casper, Novelist
Every story in this collection authentically captures the interdependence
of society-at-large and some individual's growth, within extended families,
both natural and ritual.
Leonard Casper
Professor Emeritus, American Studies
Boston College.
When read collectively, these stories become an embodiment of the Philippine
mosaic, to highlight the fluidity of Filipino/American identity.
Rocio G. Davis
Associate Professor of American Literatures
University of Navarre
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to cbrainard@aol.com
Copyright © 2009 Cecilia
Manguerra Brainard
