Readings-In-Place

Here are some pleasurable reads to enjoy while you ride out your Covid19-imposed social distancing:

As San Francisco Bay Area residents are ordered to shelter-in-place, our publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco writes her personal take on the current situation in "Love (and Life) In the Time of Coronavirus."

England-based writer Joy Watford introduces the creative, enterprising women who set up a publishing house in Manila called Gantala Press. Read about its vision and mission in "Gantala Press: Bringing Out Women Writers from the Margins."

And speaking of women writers, Rafaelito V. Sy profiles Grace Talusan whose book, The Body Papers, has been tagged an Editor's Choice by the New York Times. "Grace Talusan's Book of Healing and Empowerment" tells us why it is so deserving.

PF Correspondent Myles Garcia digs up another morsel in the overextended saga of Imelda Marcos, this time vis a vis the American heiress Doris Duke in "Imelda's Debt, Which Keeps on Growing."

Here's a new recipe from creative foodie Voltaire Gungab for the Happy Home Cook: Roasted Eggplant Soup with Lime Oil. 

In case you missed these stories:

He gave his wife CPR as she died after contracting coronavirus. Officials won’t test him.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-17/wife-cpr-died-coronavirus-test

Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1zmlXmQtdMCMqhjnJAXHDakXkIh30FKye4Na4I3jwaq63HAETry8gAtPM

Island Women Rise: The Triumphs and Struggles Of Filipino-American Artists
https://hypebae.com/2020/3/ruby-ibarra-klassy-rocky-rivera-faith-santilla-filipino-american-hip-hop-artists-female-empowerment-immigrants-interview?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=facebook_post&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3Qxe5o_YUS7Z5Ujcwy4vQWbDQQephmDOJZaptVzb4KVpSj-d_LaHmZUmY#Echobox=1583698187

A Warrior Is Born: How Carmen Rosales, The Queen of Philippine Cinema, Became a Guerrilla Fighter and Sharpshooter
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/carmen-rosales-a00304-20200303-lfrm?ref=article_featured

The Darker Life of Juan Luna: A Tale of Jealousy and Murder
https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/life-of-juan-luna-a00293-20190618-lfrm?utm_source=Facebook-Esquire&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20200303-fbnp-long-reads-life-of-juan-luna-a00293-20190618-lfrm-fbold&fbclid=IwAR3OFN4_6beoPMoKiWJOOxf_Bp_wr_vZnSazJ9pA6CFF4YaOfQJtOOw1bR8

For Video of the Week, Fil-Am singer Cedrice captures the last spot in the blind auditions on “The Voice.”