Friends, we’re getting close! Invocation to Daughters is due for release November 14. It’s going to come fast. I’ve just proofread … Read More “Author pre-publication notes on Anxiety and Reticence”
By now, everyone is talking about the late Alex Tizon’s story, “Our Family’s Slave,” which was just published yesterday, posthumously … Read More “Processing through Alex Tizon’s story about “Lola” Eudocia Tomas Pulido”
It feels more than appropriate to begin this #APIAHeritageMonth post by saying, “Yes, my parents were right.” Of course they … Read More “For #APIAHeritageMonth, Considering my Fil Am Immigrant Family History”
Reminder. Never, ever underestimate what our predominantly Filipino American students are capable of. They are young, resilient minds, in a … Read More “For #APIAHeritageMonth, Ongoing Thoughts on Teaching Filipino American Literature”
This is an ongoing list of APIA poetry collections which have informed my own poetics, my ideas of what gets … Read More “For #APIAHeritageMonth, A List #3”
This is an ongoing list of APIA poetry collections that have informed my poetics. I am noting a couple of interesting … Read More “For #APIAHeritageMonth: A List #2”
A list, or listcicle, if you will. Today is May 1st, and not only is it APIA Heritage Month. Last month … Read More “For APIA Heritage Month: A List”
I was having this really good e-conversation with a fellow Pinay author this morning, and we were talking about publishing. … Read More “For #NationalPoetryMonth, More Thoughts on Being a Filipino American in the Publishing Industry”
Hello all, do you remember “Dear Sugar,” over at The Rumpus? Years ago, Sugar wrote this awesome response letter to a … Read More “For #NationalPoetryMonth, more thoughts on being a poet in the “industry.””
I am writing this, knowing that there are a lot of other important things happening in the world. I am … Read More “For #NationalPoetryMonth, Thinking About “Career” in/and Poetry”