Alex Tizon’s Heartbreak

Alex Tizon’s Heartbreak

What made Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Tizon, author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self and Invisible People: People on the Margins, tick?

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In Praise of Our Native Spirits

In Praise of Our Native Spirits

A book explores the legacy of Philippine winemaking and the tropical wines’ potential for international acceptance.

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I Was Upset: Review of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Selected Short Stories

I Was Upset: Review of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Selected Short Stories

A reviewer is happy to be upset by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s fiction.

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Book Review: ‘Brown Boy Nowhere’ Goes There

Book Review: ‘Brown Boy Nowhere’ Goes There

A Middle American town needs a lot of growing up in Sheeryl Lim’s young adult novel Brown Boy Nowhere.

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Philippine Echoes of Spain’s Civil War

Philippine Echoes of Spain’s Civil War

The Spanish Civil War mattered to the Philippines then, and it does now.

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Jo Koy Gets No Respect from Mom

Jo Koy Gets No Respect from Mom

Find out what makes the top Fil-Am comedian tick

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Watch Out World: Mia P. Manansala Makes a Killing with ‘Arsenic and Adobo’

Watch Out World: Mia P. Manansala Makes a Killing with ‘Arsenic and Adobo’

A Fil-Am’s debut crime and nourishment novel.

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The Party’s Over

The Party’s Over

Inside the patriarchy of the Philippines’ underground Left.

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The Taming of an Obsessed Filipiniana Collector

The Taming of an Obsessed Filipiniana Collector

Why an inveterate Filipiniana collector gave up his obsession.

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Using Beauty to Overpower Racism

Using Beauty to Overpower Racism

Why Indian-Filipina writer Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments was Barnes and Noble’s 2020 Book of the Year.

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