TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Pictures and Press Writeups - Coming Together in Skokie, With Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Pictures and Press Writeups - Coming Together in Skokie, With Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Hi, I just got back from Illinois where I participated in Coming Together in Skokie. I'll be posting pictures and write more about my visit there, but in the meantime, here's an article and some press releases about Coming Together in Skokie. I've also posted some pictures, and I'll be adding more in the coming days.

Filipino-American Author Shares Her Culture of Writing: Filipino-American author talks about her craft and homeland.By Michelle Martin http://mortongrove.patch.com/articles/filipino-american-author-shares-her-culture-of-writing

Press Coverage for Coming Together in Skokie
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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.