Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

Walang Naiwan: A Manong Reincarnated in the Mountains of Western North Carolina

A Filipino American poet alone in rural North Carolina longs for the company of fellow Filipinos and finds a surreal manong.

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Helene, a Name I Refuse to Forget

Helene, a Name I Refuse to Forget

Poet Tony Robles shares moments when Hurricane Helene recently ran wild, bringing both ruin and togetherness in his mobile home community in North Carolina.

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Bitter Melon Sounds

Bitter Melon Sounds

How a writer came to “know his ass from a hole in the ground.”

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Basketball, Bagoong, and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia

Basketball, Bagoong, and Bayanihan in Albany, Georgia

Filipino food and basketball build and bind a Filipino American community in Georgia.

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Baring the Soul of Our Diaspora

Baring the Soul of Our Diaspora

Meet poetry book author Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo, who says, “I’m not a poet, I just like to carve wood.”

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‘I don’t want to have hope, I Want to Be a Hope’

‘I don’t want to have hope, I Want to Be a Hope’

Find out how immigrant rights crusader Jose Antonio Vargas is redefining “American.”

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Getting Seniors ‘Connected’ Amid Looming Dislocations

Getting Seniors ‘Connected’ Amid Looming Dislocations

An organizer helps manongs and manangs learn basic digital skills; they teach him how to live.

    

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October Light, Undiminished

October Light, Undiminished

A year after his passing, Filipino-American poet Jeff Tagami’s friends remember him and his graceful, humble, yet powerful poems.

    

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Diaspora Journal: Whisper, Carabao

Diaspora Journal: Whisper, Carabao

In which a writer literally embraces a literary cliché and takes it home.

    

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