Gemma Nemenzo On Life, Love, Writing, And Everything In Between

April 22, 2020

Quarantine Reading List

April 22, 2020/ Gemma Nemenzo

Here are books to go with your cabin fever and weight gain.

September 05, 2018

Martial Law Stories 1: Curfew

September 05, 2018/ Gemma Nemenzo

It didn’t take long for the people to find ways to work around the restrictions.

May 24, 2017

Yes, Boracay

May 24, 2017/ Gemma Nemenzo

I consider myself very lucky to have seen Boracay at its pristine state. In 1984, I was with friends seeking relaxation from a frenzied weekend in Kalibo for Ati-atihan, when we decided to drive over to the coast of Aklan (which I know now as Caticlan) and take a motorized banca to an island that shimmered like an emerald in the sun.

November 18, 2015

Backyards

November 18, 2015/ Gemma Nemenzo

Before our road trip across America, I’d forgotten how much I loved backyards. I grew up on a university campus when there were no boundaries between houses, and kids were free to roam the lush and verdant backyards in search of trees to climb and ripe fruits to pick.

September 02, 2015

Road Scholars

September 02, 2015/ Gemma Nemenzo

It has been 11 days since my husband and I left our home in the San Francisco Bay Area and embarked on our longtime dream of a road trip across the expanse of the US – from sea to shining sea, as the anthem goes.

August 05, 2015

Twilight Time

August 05, 2015/ Gemma Nemenzo

We faced the Manhattan skyline across the Hudson, watching it turn to red, pink, orange, purple and blue as the sun’s dwindling rays were reflected and refracted by the glass windows of the skyscrapers.

October 01, 2014

Good Filipino Reads

October 01, 2014/ Gemma Nemenzo

This is why reading books by authors of Filipino heritage (wherever they may be in the world) is so important: their stories are our stories writ immortal, and by reading them, we get to understand ourselves more.

Gemma Nemenzo