On October 1st and 2nd of this current year, the Filipino American International Book Festival will take place at the San Francisco Main Library on 100 Larkin Street, corner Fulton Street in the Civic Center area of San Francisco. It is a free-to-the public literary event that will display and sell printed books that cover various genres for children, young adults, and adult readers. In addition, a variety of book-related cultural materials, including magazines, comic books, videos, music, movies, art and crafts will be included.
Non-Filipino authors who have published books about the Philippines will also participate in this event. International Filipino authors from Europe, Canada, and Asia are also participating in this festival .
Pass the word around. The Festival's main goal is to showcase the richness of the Philippine culture through its literature, visual arts, culinary arts, and music.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
José Rizal's Books: Personal Library
See my blog on Dr. José Rizal's personal library collection.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
FilBookFest Activities: Conversations with Filipino Authors
Congratulations to Bay Area libraries for actively engaging Filipino authors as part of their participation in the FilBookFest. Be sure to attend these conversations with Filipino authors series.
Keep on following this blog for more conversations with Filipino authors.
- January 26, 2011. Pinole Library: Pat Navalta Poblete, author, The Oracles, in conversation with Ben Pimentel, journalist and author.
- Feb. 9, 2011. Daly City Library: Benito Vergara, author, Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City, in conversation with Mike Guingona, Daly City Council Member.
- Mar. 12, 2011. Hercules Library: Conversations with Filipino Women authors.
Keep on following this blog for more conversations with Filipino authors.
Filipino American International Book Festival
On January 28, 2011, the official Filipino American International Book Festival was launched at the Philippine Consulate Social Hall on Sutter Street, San Francisco, Ca. The highlight of the FilBookFest will be a tribute to Filipino literary greats like Dr. Jose Rizal, featuring video clips of the honorees, and excerpts from the honorees' works to be read by the authors in attendance.
The reception and the formal launching of the project was a glittering affair, hosted by Ambasador Marciano Paynor, Jr. The Filbookfest participants who were invited came from:
The reception and the formal launching of the project was a glittering affair, hosted by Ambasador Marciano Paynor, Jr. The Filbookfest participants who were invited came from:
- Book publishers, US based publishers of Filipino American authors
- Authors of Filipino heritage from the US and other countries
- Non-Filipino authors of books about the Philippines
- Librarians
- Academics
- Book exhibitors
- Filipino visual artists, musicians and performers
- Filipino food vendors
- Businesses that target the Filipino American market
- Book lovers
- Literary agents
- Non-profit organizations
- Filipino community associations
- Friends and Trustees of the Libraries
- College students who are Interns of Filbookfest
Pictures of the Launching reception will be posted as soon as I receive them from Ms. Gemma Nemenzo, the Coordinator of the FilBookFest.
Mark your calendars. This event will be held on the 1st and 2nd of October, 2011, to coincide with October, the designated Filipino American month.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Barbara Jane Reyes's bibliography of Filipino American Authors
I went to Barbara Jane Reyes' blog and was rewarded with a virtual mine of riches.
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Disclaimer/please read this: this is an attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list, which I originally created in August 2006. Please bear in mind I am limited in my ability to know of every single title out there. That said, I will update this list on a somewhat regular basis, as titles become known to me. I do not include self-published books, books published by self-publishing services, and books published by vanity presses. I do not include chapbooks, e-publications, and CD’s. There are some titles that cross genre, and which I decided to place in one genre over another.
Books of Poetry
Barot, Rick. The Darker Fall. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002.
Barot, Rick. Want. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2008.
Bautista, Michelle. Kali’s Blade. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2006.
Biala, Arlene. Continental Drift. Albuquerque: West End Press, 1999.
Cabalquinto, Luis. Bridgeable Shores. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. El Grupo McDonalds. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick. Secret Asian Man. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Dawn. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2004.
Carbó, Nick. Chinese, Japanese, What Are These? San Antonio: Pecan Grove Press, 2009.
Cariaga, Catalina. Cultural Evidence. Honolulu: Subpress/A’A Arts, 1999.
Cerenio, Virginia. Trespassing Innocence. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1989.
Chacón, Sasha Pimentel. Insides She Swallowed. Albuquerque, NM: West End Press, 2009.
Corpuz, Veronica, and Michelle Naka Pierce. Tri/Via. Pittsburgh, PA: Erudite Fangs/Pub Lush, 2003.
de la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
de la Paz, Oliver. Furious Lullaby. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
de la Paz, Oliver. Requiem for the Orchard. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2010.
de los Santos, Marisa. From the Bones Out. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000.
Francia, Luis H. Museum of Absences. Saint Helena, CA and Quezon City: Meritage Press and University of the Philippines Press, 2004.
Gamalinda, Eric. Zero Gravity. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1999.
Gamalinda, Eric. Amigo Warfare. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2007.
Gambito, Sarah. Matadora. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.
Gambito, Sarah. Delivered. New York: Persea Books, 2009.
Gloria, Eugene. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
Gloria, Eugene. Hoodlum Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Gotera, Vince. Dragonfly. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 1994.
Gotera, Vince. Fighting Kite. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 2007.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dangerous Music. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1975.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1981.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Danger and Beauty. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Ibardaloza, Aileen. traje de boda. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Igloria, Luisa. Trill and Mordent. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005.
Igloria, Luisa. Juan Luna’s Revolver. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
Jacinto, Jaime. Heaven Is Just Another Country. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1996.
Javier, Paolo. The Time at the End of this Writing. Ontario, Canada: Ahadada Press, 2004.
Javier, Paolo. 60 lv bo(e)mbs. Oakland, CA: O Books, 2005.
Legaspi, Joseph O. Imago. Fort Lee, NJ: Cavankerry Press, 2007.
Lim-Wilson, Fatima. Crossing the Snow Bridge. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1995.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime Time Apparitions. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2005.
Linmark, R. Zamora. The Evolution of a Sigh. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2008.
Llagas, Karen. Arkipelago Dust. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Mann, Randall. Complaint in the Garden. Alexandria, VA: Orchises Press, 2004.
Mann, Randall. Breakfast with Thom Gunn. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Minahal, Maiana. Sitting Inside Wonder. SF: Monkey Press, 2003.
Minahal, Maiana. Legend Sondayo. Berkeley: Civil Defense Poetry, 2009.
Naca, Kristin. Bird Eating Bird. New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. At the Drive-In Volcano. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2007.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Full Deck (Jokers Playing). San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. Birthmark. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. The Translator’s Diary. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2008.
Realuyo, Bino. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing, 2003.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Poeta en San Francisco. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish Press, 2005.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Diwata. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010.
Rivera, Patria. Puti/White. Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House, 2005.
Rivera, Patria. The Bride Anthology. Alberta: Frontenac House, 2007.
Robles, Al. Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark: Poems. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1996.
Rosal, Patrick. Uprock, Headspin, Scramble and Dive. New York: Persea Books, 2003.
Rosal, Patrick. My American Kundiman. New York: Persea Books, 2006.
Starnes, Sofia M. A Commerce of Moments. Columbus, OH: Pavement Saw Press, 2003.
Tabios, Eileen R. Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002.
Tabios, Eileen R. Menage a Trois with the 21st Century. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2004.
Tabios, Eileen R. I Take Thee, English, for My Beloved. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2005.
Tabios, Eileen R. Secret Lives of Punctuations, Vol. 1. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Dredging for Atlantis. Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths, 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Silences: The Autobiography of Loss. West Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: Our Autobiography. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Blind Chatelaine’s Keys. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2008.
Tabios, Eileen R. Nota Bene Eiswein. Toronto and Tokyo: Ahadada, 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. Footnotes To Algebra: Uncollected Poems 1995-2009. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Thorn Rosary: Selected Prose Poems 1998-2010. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2010.
Tagami, Jeff. October Light. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.
Tan, Joel. Monster. Los Angeles: Noice Press, 2002.
Tan, Joel. Type O Negative. Granada Hills, CA: Red Hen Press, 2008.
Vengua, Jean. Prau. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Villa, José Garcia. The Anchored Angel. New York: Kaya Press, 1999.
Villa, José Garcia. Doveglion: Collected Poems. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.
Novels
Alumit, Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002.
Alumit, Noel. Talking to the Moon. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.
Apostol, Gina. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.
Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
Bacho, Peter. Nelson’s Run. Holliston, MA: Willowgate Press, 2002.
Bacho, Peter. Entrys. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Magdalena. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2002.
Bulosan, Carlos. America Is in the Heart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
Bulosan, Carlos. Cry And Dedication. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Bulosan, Carlos. All the Conspirators. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.
Chai, Arlene J. Last Time I Saw Mother. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.
de los Santos, Marisa. Love Walked In. New York: Plume, 2006.
de los Santos, Marisa. Belong to Me. New York: William Morrow, 2008.
Galang, M. Evelina. One Tribe. Kalamazoo, IL: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2006.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle. New York: Viking Press, 2003.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. When The Elephants Dance. New York: Crown, 2002.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes. New York: Crown, 2007.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling The R’s. New York: Kaya Press, 1997.
Murray, Sabina. A Carnivore’s Inquiry. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Murray, Sabina. Forgery. New York: Grove Press, 2007.
Nolledo, Wilfrido D. But for the Lovers. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.
Ong, Han. Fixer Chao. New York: Picador, 2002.
Ong, Han. The Disinherited. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino. The Umbrella Country. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
Romero, Sofia G. Always Hiding. New York: William Morrow, 1998.
Roley, Brian Ascalon. American Son. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Rosca, Ninotchka. State of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.
Rosca, Ninotchka. Twice Blessed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Syjuco, Miguel. Ilustrado. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2010.
Ty-Casper, Linda. DreamEden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Short Story Collections
Apostol, Gina, Eric Gamalinda, and Lara Stapleton. The Thirdest World. Ithaca, NY: Factory School, 2001.
Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Galang, M. Evelina. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996.
Gonzales, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Murray, Sabina. The Caprices. New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Seasons by the Bay. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1997.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. In the Company of Strangers. Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 2009.
Stapleton, Lara. The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1998.
Tagatac, Geronimo. The Weight of the Sun. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press, 2006.
Villa, José Garcia. Have Come, Am Here. New York: Viking Press, 1942.
Villanueva, Marianne. Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991.
Villanueva, Marianne. Mayor of the Roses. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 2005.
Villanueva, Marianne. The Lost Language. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.
Non-Fiction Essay and Memoir
Buell, Evangeline Canonizado. Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2006.
Francia, Luis H. Eye of the Fish. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Guillermo, Emil. Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective. San Francisco: Asian Week Books/Monkey Tales Press, 1999.
Jamero, Peter. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006.
McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest for Dignity. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1997.
Mossman, Helen Madamba. A Letter to My Father: Growing Up Filipino and American. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Pineda, Jon. Sleep in Me. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Press, 2006.
San Juan Jr., E., ed. On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Stickmon, Janet. Crushing Soft Rubies. Piedmont, CA: Broken Shackle Press, 2003.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. A Book of Her Own. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2005.
Children’s and Young Adult Books
Bacho, Peter. Leaving Yesler. NY: Pleasure Boat Studio, 2010.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo. Willie Wins. New York: Lee and Low Books, 2001.
Gilmore, Dorina K. Lazo. Cora Cooks Pancit. Walnut Creek, CA: Shen’s Books, 2009.
Robles, Al. Looking for Ifugao Mountain: Paghahanap sa Bundok ng Ifugao. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1977.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish: Si Lakas at Ang Isda Manilatown. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2003.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel: Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2006.
Graphic Novels
Ayuyang, Rina. Whirlwind Wonderland. Portland, OR: Spark Plug Comic Books, 2010.
Barry, Lynda J. One! Hundred! Demons! Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2002.
Torres, J. and Elbert Or. Lola: A Ghost Story. Portland, OR: Oni Press, 2010.
Plays and Screenplays
Cajayon, Gene, and John Manal Castro. The Debut. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2001.
Faigao-Hall, Linda. Woman on the other side of the world. Woodstock, IL: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1996.
Pulido, Rod. The Flipside: A Filipino American Comedy. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2002.
Tanglao-Aguas, Francis. When the Purple Settles. Manila: Bathala Press, 2006.
Anthologies: Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, and Essay
Alvarez, Ivy, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Ernesto Priego & Eileen Tabios, eds. The Chained Hay(Na)Ku Project. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Barrios-Leblanc, Joi. Savage Stage: Plays by Ma-Yi Theater Company. NY: Ma-Yi Theater Company, 2007.
Bay Area Pilipino American Writers. Without Names: A Collection Of Poems. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1985.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2003.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2010.
Cabico, Regie, and Todd Swift, eds. Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1998.
Cachapero, Emily, Bayani Mariano, and Luis Syquia, eds. Liwanag: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America. San Francisco: Liwanag Publishing Co., 1975.
Carbó, Nick, ed. Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick, and Denise Duhamel, eds. Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon. Los Angeles: The Anthology Press, 2002.
Carbó, Nick, and Eileen Tabios, eds. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
Flores, Penelope V., and Allen Gaborro, eds. Whisper of the Bamboo. San Francisco: Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., 2004.
Francia, Luis H., ed. Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Francia, Luis H., and Eric Gamalinda, eds. Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Ilano, Roseli, and Lolan Buhain Sevilla, eds. Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice. San Francisco: Carayan Press, 2010.
Lozada, Edwin A., ed. Field of Mirrors. SF: PAWA, Inc., 2008.
Realuyo, Bino, Rahna Reiko Rizutto, and Kendall Henry, eds. The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Queer PAPI Porn: Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1998.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Best Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.
Toribio, Helen, ed. Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2002.
Tumang, Patricia Justine and Jenesha de Rivera, Eds. Homelands: Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place, and Time. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2007.
Vengua, Jean, and Mark Young, eds. The First Hay(na)ku Anthology. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2005.
Vengua, Jean, and MarkYoung, eds. The Hay(na)ku Anthology, Volume II. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2008.
Villanueva, Marianne, and Virginia Cerenio, eds. Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 2003.
Non-fiction and Essay: Literary/Cultural Criticism and Theory
Carbó, Nick, ed. PINOY POETICS: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino-American Poetics. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2004.
Davis, Rocío G., Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short-Story Cycles. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2003.
Davis, Rocío G., ed. Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Issue on Filipino American Literature (Spring 2004).
Davis, Rocío G., and Sue-Im Lee, eds. Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.
Galang, M. Evelina, ed. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.
Gonzalves, Theodore S., ed. Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Gonzalves, Theodore S. The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009.
Grefalda, Reme A., Lucy M. Burns, Theo Gonzalves, and Anna M. Alvez. Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education, and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. Washington DC: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA), 2003.
Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja, and Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, eds. Philippine Post-Colonial Studies Essays on Language and Literature. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1993.
Hosillos, Lucila V. Philippine-American Literary-Relations, 1898-1941. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1969.
Igloria, Luisa, ed. Not Home, But Here: Writing From the Filipino Diaspora. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.
Lumbera, Bienvenido. Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema and Popular Culture. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1984.
San Juan Jr., E. The Radical Tradition in Philippine Literature. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1971.
San Juan Jr., E. History and Form: Selected Essays. Manila: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.
San Juan Jr., E. The Philippine Temptation: Dialectics of Philippine-U.S. Literary Relations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
See, Sarita Echavez. The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post – 1965 Filipino Americans. Manila: Giraffe Books, 2001.
Tabios, Eileen, ed. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.
BARBARA JANE REYES
BLOG BOOKS CONTACT EVENTS CHAPBOOKS MEDIA FIL AM LIT LINKS ARCHIVES
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Disclaimer/please read this: this is an attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list, which I originally created in August 2006. Please bear in mind I am limited in my ability to know of every single title out there. That said, I will update this list on a somewhat regular basis, as titles become known to me. I do not include self-published books, books published by self-publishing services, and books published by vanity presses. I do not include chapbooks, e-publications, and CD’s. There are some titles that cross genre, and which I decided to place in one genre over another.
Books of Poetry
Barot, Rick. The Darker Fall. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002.
Barot, Rick. Want. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2008.
Bautista, Michelle. Kali’s Blade. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2006.
Biala, Arlene. Continental Drift. Albuquerque: West End Press, 1999.
Cabalquinto, Luis. Bridgeable Shores. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. El Grupo McDonalds. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick. Secret Asian Man. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Dawn. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2004.
Carbó, Nick. Chinese, Japanese, What Are These? San Antonio: Pecan Grove Press, 2009.
Cariaga, Catalina. Cultural Evidence. Honolulu: Subpress/A’A Arts, 1999.
Cerenio, Virginia. Trespassing Innocence. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1989.
Chacón, Sasha Pimentel. Insides She Swallowed. Albuquerque, NM: West End Press, 2009.
Corpuz, Veronica, and Michelle Naka Pierce. Tri/Via. Pittsburgh, PA: Erudite Fangs/Pub Lush, 2003.
de la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
de la Paz, Oliver. Furious Lullaby. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
de la Paz, Oliver. Requiem for the Orchard. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2010.
de los Santos, Marisa. From the Bones Out. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000.
Francia, Luis H. Museum of Absences. Saint Helena, CA and Quezon City: Meritage Press and University of the Philippines Press, 2004.
Gamalinda, Eric. Zero Gravity. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1999.
Gamalinda, Eric. Amigo Warfare. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2007.
Gambito, Sarah. Matadora. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.
Gambito, Sarah. Delivered. New York: Persea Books, 2009.
Gloria, Eugene. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
Gloria, Eugene. Hoodlum Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Gotera, Vince. Dragonfly. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 1994.
Gotera, Vince. Fighting Kite. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 2007.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dangerous Music. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1975.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1981.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Danger and Beauty. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Ibardaloza, Aileen. traje de boda. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Igloria, Luisa. Trill and Mordent. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005.
Igloria, Luisa. Juan Luna’s Revolver. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
Jacinto, Jaime. Heaven Is Just Another Country. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1996.
Javier, Paolo. The Time at the End of this Writing. Ontario, Canada: Ahadada Press, 2004.
Javier, Paolo. 60 lv bo(e)mbs. Oakland, CA: O Books, 2005.
Legaspi, Joseph O. Imago. Fort Lee, NJ: Cavankerry Press, 2007.
Lim-Wilson, Fatima. Crossing the Snow Bridge. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1995.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime Time Apparitions. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2005.
Linmark, R. Zamora. The Evolution of a Sigh. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2008.
Llagas, Karen. Arkipelago Dust. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Mann, Randall. Complaint in the Garden. Alexandria, VA: Orchises Press, 2004.
Mann, Randall. Breakfast with Thom Gunn. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Minahal, Maiana. Sitting Inside Wonder. SF: Monkey Press, 2003.
Minahal, Maiana. Legend Sondayo. Berkeley: Civil Defense Poetry, 2009.
Naca, Kristin. Bird Eating Bird. New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. At the Drive-In Volcano. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2007.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Full Deck (Jokers Playing). San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. Birthmark. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. The Translator’s Diary. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2008.
Realuyo, Bino. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing, 2003.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Poeta en San Francisco. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish Press, 2005.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Diwata. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010.
Rivera, Patria. Puti/White. Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House, 2005.
Rivera, Patria. The Bride Anthology. Alberta: Frontenac House, 2007.
Robles, Al. Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark: Poems. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1996.
Rosal, Patrick. Uprock, Headspin, Scramble and Dive. New York: Persea Books, 2003.
Rosal, Patrick. My American Kundiman. New York: Persea Books, 2006.
Starnes, Sofia M. A Commerce of Moments. Columbus, OH: Pavement Saw Press, 2003.
Tabios, Eileen R. Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002.
Tabios, Eileen R. Menage a Trois with the 21st Century. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2004.
Tabios, Eileen R. I Take Thee, English, for My Beloved. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2005.
Tabios, Eileen R. Secret Lives of Punctuations, Vol. 1. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Dredging for Atlantis. Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths, 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Silences: The Autobiography of Loss. West Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: Our Autobiography. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Blind Chatelaine’s Keys. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2008.
Tabios, Eileen R. Nota Bene Eiswein. Toronto and Tokyo: Ahadada, 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. Footnotes To Algebra: Uncollected Poems 1995-2009. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Thorn Rosary: Selected Prose Poems 1998-2010. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2010.
Tagami, Jeff. October Light. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.
Tan, Joel. Monster. Los Angeles: Noice Press, 2002.
Tan, Joel. Type O Negative. Granada Hills, CA: Red Hen Press, 2008.
Vengua, Jean. Prau. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Villa, José Garcia. The Anchored Angel. New York: Kaya Press, 1999.
Villa, José Garcia. Doveglion: Collected Poems. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.
Novels
Alumit, Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002.
Alumit, Noel. Talking to the Moon. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.
Apostol, Gina. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.
Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
Bacho, Peter. Nelson’s Run. Holliston, MA: Willowgate Press, 2002.
Bacho, Peter. Entrys. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Magdalena. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2002.
Bulosan, Carlos. America Is in the Heart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
Bulosan, Carlos. Cry And Dedication. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Bulosan, Carlos. All the Conspirators. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.
Chai, Arlene J. Last Time I Saw Mother. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.
de los Santos, Marisa. Love Walked In. New York: Plume, 2006.
de los Santos, Marisa. Belong to Me. New York: William Morrow, 2008.
Galang, M. Evelina. One Tribe. Kalamazoo, IL: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2006.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle. New York: Viking Press, 2003.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. When The Elephants Dance. New York: Crown, 2002.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes. New York: Crown, 2007.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling The R’s. New York: Kaya Press, 1997.
Murray, Sabina. A Carnivore’s Inquiry. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Murray, Sabina. Forgery. New York: Grove Press, 2007.
Nolledo, Wilfrido D. But for the Lovers. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.
Ong, Han. Fixer Chao. New York: Picador, 2002.
Ong, Han. The Disinherited. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino. The Umbrella Country. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
Romero, Sofia G. Always Hiding. New York: William Morrow, 1998.
Roley, Brian Ascalon. American Son. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Rosca, Ninotchka. State of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.
Rosca, Ninotchka. Twice Blessed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Syjuco, Miguel. Ilustrado. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2010.
Ty-Casper, Linda. DreamEden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Short Story Collections
Apostol, Gina, Eric Gamalinda, and Lara Stapleton. The Thirdest World. Ithaca, NY: Factory School, 2001.
Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Galang, M. Evelina. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996.
Gonzales, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Murray, Sabina. The Caprices. New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Seasons by the Bay. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1997.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. In the Company of Strangers. Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 2009.
Stapleton, Lara. The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1998.
Tagatac, Geronimo. The Weight of the Sun. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press, 2006.
Villa, José Garcia. Have Come, Am Here. New York: Viking Press, 1942.
Villanueva, Marianne. Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991.
Villanueva, Marianne. Mayor of the Roses. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 2005.
Villanueva, Marianne. The Lost Language. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.
Non-Fiction Essay and Memoir
Buell, Evangeline Canonizado. Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2006.
Francia, Luis H. Eye of the Fish. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Guillermo, Emil. Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective. San Francisco: Asian Week Books/Monkey Tales Press, 1999.
Jamero, Peter. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006.
McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest for Dignity. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1997.
Mossman, Helen Madamba. A Letter to My Father: Growing Up Filipino and American. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Pineda, Jon. Sleep in Me. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Press, 2006.
San Juan Jr., E., ed. On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Stickmon, Janet. Crushing Soft Rubies. Piedmont, CA: Broken Shackle Press, 2003.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. A Book of Her Own. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2005.
Children’s and Young Adult Books
Bacho, Peter. Leaving Yesler. NY: Pleasure Boat Studio, 2010.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo. Willie Wins. New York: Lee and Low Books, 2001.
Gilmore, Dorina K. Lazo. Cora Cooks Pancit. Walnut Creek, CA: Shen’s Books, 2009.
Robles, Al. Looking for Ifugao Mountain: Paghahanap sa Bundok ng Ifugao. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1977.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish: Si Lakas at Ang Isda Manilatown. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2003.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel: Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2006.
Graphic Novels
Ayuyang, Rina. Whirlwind Wonderland. Portland, OR: Spark Plug Comic Books, 2010.
Barry, Lynda J. One! Hundred! Demons! Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2002.
Torres, J. and Elbert Or. Lola: A Ghost Story. Portland, OR: Oni Press, 2010.
Plays and Screenplays
Cajayon, Gene, and John Manal Castro. The Debut. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2001.
Faigao-Hall, Linda. Woman on the other side of the world. Woodstock, IL: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1996.
Pulido, Rod. The Flipside: A Filipino American Comedy. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2002.
Tanglao-Aguas, Francis. When the Purple Settles. Manila: Bathala Press, 2006.
Anthologies: Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, and Essay
Alvarez, Ivy, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Ernesto Priego & Eileen Tabios, eds. The Chained Hay(Na)Ku Project. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Barrios-Leblanc, Joi. Savage Stage: Plays by Ma-Yi Theater Company. NY: Ma-Yi Theater Company, 2007.
Bay Area Pilipino American Writers. Without Names: A Collection Of Poems. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1985.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2003.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2010.
Cabico, Regie, and Todd Swift, eds. Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1998.
Cachapero, Emily, Bayani Mariano, and Luis Syquia, eds. Liwanag: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America. San Francisco: Liwanag Publishing Co., 1975.
Carbó, Nick, ed. Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick, and Denise Duhamel, eds. Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon. Los Angeles: The Anthology Press, 2002.
Carbó, Nick, and Eileen Tabios, eds. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
Flores, Penelope V., and Allen Gaborro, eds. Whisper of the Bamboo. San Francisco: Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., 2004.
Francia, Luis H., ed. Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Francia, Luis H., and Eric Gamalinda, eds. Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Ilano, Roseli, and Lolan Buhain Sevilla, eds. Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice. San Francisco: Carayan Press, 2010.
Lozada, Edwin A., ed. Field of Mirrors. SF: PAWA, Inc., 2008.
Realuyo, Bino, Rahna Reiko Rizutto, and Kendall Henry, eds. The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Queer PAPI Porn: Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1998.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Best Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.
Toribio, Helen, ed. Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2002.
Tumang, Patricia Justine and Jenesha de Rivera, Eds. Homelands: Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place, and Time. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2007.
Vengua, Jean, and Mark Young, eds. The First Hay(na)ku Anthology. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2005.
Vengua, Jean, and MarkYoung, eds. The Hay(na)ku Anthology, Volume II. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2008.
Villanueva, Marianne, and Virginia Cerenio, eds. Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 2003.
Non-fiction and Essay: Literary/Cultural Criticism and Theory
Carbó, Nick, ed. PINOY POETICS: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino-American Poetics. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2004.
Davis, Rocío G., Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short-Story Cycles. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2003.
Davis, Rocío G., ed. Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Issue on Filipino American Literature (Spring 2004).
Davis, Rocío G., and Sue-Im Lee, eds. Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.
Galang, M. Evelina, ed. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.
Gonzalves, Theodore S., ed. Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Gonzalves, Theodore S. The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009.
Grefalda, Reme A., Lucy M. Burns, Theo Gonzalves, and Anna M. Alvez. Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education, and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. Washington DC: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA), 2003.
Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja, and Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, eds. Philippine Post-Colonial Studies Essays on Language and Literature. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1993.
Hosillos, Lucila V. Philippine-American Literary-Relations, 1898-1941. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1969.
Igloria, Luisa, ed. Not Home, But Here: Writing From the Filipino Diaspora. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.
Lumbera, Bienvenido. Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema and Popular Culture. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1984.
San Juan Jr., E. The Radical Tradition in Philippine Literature. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1971.
San Juan Jr., E. History and Form: Selected Essays. Manila: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.
San Juan Jr., E. The Philippine Temptation: Dialectics of Philippine-U.S. Literary Relations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
See, Sarita Echavez. The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post – 1965 Filipino Americans. Manila: Giraffe Books, 2001.
Tabios, Eileen, ed. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.
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