Welcome to the website of PALH, also known as Philippine American Literary House.  PALH is a publisher and distributor of Filipino books for the American market.

Our recent titles include:

Brainard, Cuizon, Evangelista, Montes, and Sarreal. ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS, A DUGTUNGAN NOVEL. Anvil, 2010, First Edition, softcover, newsprint, 200 pp, $16.95
Angelica's Daughters is a collaborative novel by five established Filipina writers, called a "dugtungan." A dugtungan is a genre of Tagalog novel popular early in the 20th century, in which each writer creates a chapter and hands it off to the next, who writes another chapter without direction. The result, in this case, is an ensemble performance that contains something of the exhilaration of theatrical improv. One watches these accomplished authors inventively weave a historical romance, creating gripping heroines and turns of plot, crossing decades and national boundaries, tapping into cultural roots of the Philippines, Spain and America. Reading Angelica's Daughters is a gripping experience.~ Brian Ascalon Roley, Author of American Son (W.W. Norton)

Anthology. GROWING UP FILIPINO II: MORE STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS, PALH 2010 -hardcover$29.95; softcover $21.95, Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults is the second volume of the Growing Up Filipino series by PALH. From School Library Journal, "Brainard has again selected powerful, evocative stories of family: of promises and disappointment, failure and resentment, tenacious and all-consuming love, anxiety and transcendent hope. There is plenty here to stimulate discussion and encourage an appreciation of Filipino writing and culture. This anthology is a worthy successor to the first volume and has appeal to an audience beyond high school literature courses."

PALH also sell rosaries, jewelry, and collectibles to support its literary efforts.

PALH-ezine showcases published Filipino (and Filipino American) writers and their writings and in so doing hopes to serve as an important resource to students, librarians, educators, and researchers looking for online material on Philippine literature and Filipino writers (including Philippine American literature and writers). In addition, PALH-ezine publishes book reviews of Philippine, Philippine American, and Asian American book

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