I prioritize Filipina/x poets for manuscript consultation because too many have told me they never had Pinay creative writing teachers or professors, and very few, if any Filipina/x colleagues to read and provide feedback on their works in progress. This can be unhelpful and unproductive/counterproductive, especially when these works attempt to centralize the complexities of …
I wanted to start by sharing this lovely Instagram post from Maganda Bookshelf. Just look at this abundance. I love seeing what today’s Filipina/o/x readers of Filipina/o/x authored books are interested in, excited about – basically, what are they Stans for (or what do they Stan). Years ago, being a Filipina American writer, and then …
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Questions while reading Pinay authored literature What do we see, and what do we not see in the literature? What is women’s work? Who gets to write books? Who has access to literacy? Who has access to formal education? To secondary education? To college education? Who has access to (constitutional and social) freedom of speech? …