TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Pictures Literary Reading at the Jackson, TN Madison County Public Library

Friday, April 29, 2016

Pictures Literary Reading at the Jackson, TN Madison County Public Library

l-r: Jimmy Crosnoe, James E. Cherry, Cecilia Brainard, Jenina Madrid, Sandra Dee, Nida Chioco, Angelica Madrid, Lauren Brainard, Gigi Cortez-Sim, son of Windy, Windy Keeton, Perry Burrows, Cherie Tung, Mitzi Williams, Guest, Guest

Nida Vicerra Chioco, member of the West TN Fil-Am Group sent these pictures taken at my Literary Reading at the Jackson, TN public library last April 23, 2016. Many thanks, Nida!

Dan Sim and Lauren Brainard

l-r: Dan Sim, Lauren, Cecilia, standing Gigi Cortez-Sim

James E. Cherry

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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.