TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Tea with Writers Brian Ascalon Roley and Marilyn Alquizola

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Tea with Writers Brian Ascalon Roley and Marilyn Alquizola

Brian Ascalon Roley, who was visiting the Los Angeles area, stopped by for tea and Marilyn Alquizola joined us. We had a lovely time talking about literature, writers, and our current book projects.

Brian Roley is the author of American Son (W.W. Norton) and is Associate Professor at the Miami University. Brian has obliged me many times by contributing to books I've edited such as Growing Up Filipino I, Growing Up Filipino II, A La Carte Food and Fiction, Magnificat, and more. Brian was also my guest blogger, so be sure and read his story "Old Man" in this blog.

Marilyn Alquizola, who is affiliated with UCLA's Center for Southeast Asian Studies, is an expert on Carlos Bulosan. She was generous enough to give us copies of a recent edition of Bulosan's "America is in the Heart (University of Washington Press), with a new introduction by her and Lane Ryo Hirabayashi.

Don't forget that the Prayer for Iraq and Syria in the US is on Sunday, August 17, and on Monday August 18 in the Philippines.

Have a great weekend.

Read also
The Filipino as a Writer in America - Cecilia Brainard's Notes
Filipino American Authors & Academics
Fiction by Guest Blogger Brian Ascalon Roley "Old Man"
Tags: literature, Philippines, Philippine American, Filipino, writers, authors, novelists, Brian Roley, Marilyn Alquizola

This is all for now,
Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.