Sarah Echevarre Smith: Romancing the Heritage

Sarah Echevarre Smith: Romancing the Heritage

Fil-Am romance writer Sarah Echevarre Smith serves up Filipino values with exciting parts.

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Nalintikan Na! When Fhit Hits the San

Nalintikan Na! When Fhit Hits the San

Miguel Syjucos’s satirical second novel rummages through a boudoir of political ambitions.

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A Filipino Voice from Down Under

A Filipino Voice from Down Under

Meet Erwin Cabucos, a Filipino literary voice in Australia.

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Danton Remoto's Nostalgia

Danton Remoto's Nostalgia

Riverrun is Remoto's first novel; it is not yet "the novel" that will enthrone him as one of the country's top fictionists. But he is heading there.

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Fortune’s Call: Albert Samaha’s Family Saga

Fortune’s Call: Albert Samaha’s Family Saga

Albert Samaha’s Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortune chronicles the rise and fall of his family's immigration project and weaves their stories within the complicated tapestry of Philippine history.

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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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