Filipino American Literature | Barbara Jane Reyes

Disclaimer/please read this: this is an attempt at a somewhat comprehensive list, which I originally created in August 2006. Please bear in mind I am limited in my ability to know of every single title out there. That said, I will update this list on a somewhat regular basis, as titles become known to me. I do not include self-published books, books published by self-publishing services, and books published by vanity presses. I do not include chapbooks, e-publications, and CD’s. There are some titles that cross genre, and which I decided to place in one genre over another.

Books of Poetry

Barot, Rick. The Darker Fall. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2002.
Barot, Rick. Want. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2008.
Bautista, Michelle. Kali’s Blade. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2006.
Biala, Arlene. Continental Drift. Albuquerque: West End Press, 1999.
Cabalquinto, Luis. Bridgeable Shores. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. El Grupo McDonalds. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick. Secret Asian Man. Sylmar, CA: Tia Chucha Press, 2001.
Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Dawn. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2004.
Carbó, Nick. Chinese, Japanese, What Are These? San Antonio: Pecan Grove Press, 2009.
Cariaga, Catalina. Cultural Evidence. Honolulu: Subpress/A’A Arts, 1999.
Cerenio, Virginia. Trespassing Innocence. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1989.
Chacón, Sasha Pimentel. Insides She Swallowed. Albuquerque, NM: West End Press, 2009.
Corpuz, Veronica, and Michelle Naka Pierce. Tri/Via. Pittsburgh, PA: Erudite Fangs/Pub Lush, 2003.
de la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
de la Paz, Oliver. Furious Lullaby. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007.
de la Paz, Oliver. Requiem for the Orchard. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2010.
de los Santos, Marisa. From the Bones Out. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000.
Francia, Luis H. Museum of Absences. Saint Helena, CA and Quezon City: Meritage Press and University of the Philippines Press, 2004.
Gamalinda, Eric. Zero Gravity. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1999.
Gamalinda, Eric. Amigo Warfare. Cincinnati: Cherry Grove Collections, 2007.
Gambito, Sarah. Matadora. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.
Gambito, Sarah. Delivered. New York: Persea Books, 2009.
Gloria, Eugene. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
Gloria, Eugene. Hoodlum Birds. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Gotera, Vince. Dragonfly. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 1994.
Gotera, Vince. Fighting Kite. San Antonio, TX: Pecan Grove Press, 2007.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dangerous Music. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1975.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions. San Francisco: Momo’s Press, 1981.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Danger and Beauty. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Ibardaloza, Aileen. traje de boda. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Igloria, Luisa. Trill and Mordent. Cincinnati: WordTech Editions, 2005.
Igloria, Luisa. Juan Luna’s Revolver. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
Jacinto, Jaime. Heaven Is Just Another Country. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1996.
Javier, Paolo. The Time at the End of this Writing. Ontario, Canada: Ahadada Press, 2004.
Javier, Paolo. 60 lv bo(e)mbs. Oakland, CA: O Books, 2005.
Javier, Paolo. The Feeling is Actual. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2011.
Legaspi, Joseph O. Imago. Fort Lee, NJ: Cavankerry Press, 2007.
Lim-Wilson, Fatima. Crossing the Snow Bridge. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1995.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime Time Apparitions. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2005.
Linmark, R. Zamora. The Evolution of a Sigh. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2008.
Llagas, Karen. Arkipelago Dust. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Mabanglo, Elynia S. Invitation of the Imperialist. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
Mann, Randall. Complaint in the Garden. Alexandria, VA: Orchises Press, 2004.
Mann, Randall. Breakfast with Thom Gunn. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Minahal, Maiana. Sitting Inside Wonder. SF: Monkey Press, 2003.
Minahal, Maiana. Legend Sondayo. Berkeley: Civil Defense Poetry, 2009.
Naca, Kristin. Bird Eating Bird. New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. At the Drive-In Volcano. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2007.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Lucky Fish. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press. 2011.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Full Deck (Jokers Playing). San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. Birthmark. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Pineda, Jon. The Translator’s Diary. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2008.
Realuyo, Bino. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing, 2003.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Poeta en San Francisco. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish Press, 2005.
Reyes, Barbara Jane. Diwata. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010.
Rivera, Patria. Puti/White. Calgary, Alberta: Frontenac House, 2005.
Rivera, Patria. The Bride Anthology. Alberta: Frontenac House, 2007.
Robles, Al. Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark: Poems. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1996.
Rosal, Patrick. Uprock, Headspin, Scramble and Dive. New York: Persea Books, 2003.
Rosal, Patrick. My American Kundiman. New York: Persea Books, 2006.
Starnes, Sofia M. A Commerce of Moments. Columbus, OH: Pavement Saw Press, 2003.
Tabios, Eileen R. Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002.
Tabios, Eileen R. Menage a Trois with the 21st Century. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2004.
Tabios, Eileen R. I Take Thee, English, for My Beloved. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2005.
Tabios, Eileen R. Secret Lives of Punctuations, Vol. 1. Espoo, Finland: xPress(ed), 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Dredging for Atlantis. Rockhampton, Australia: Otoliths, 2006.
Tabios, Eileen R. Silences: The Autobiography of Loss. West Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: Our Autobiography. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2007.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Blind Chatelaine’s Keys. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2008.
Tabios, Eileen R. Nota Bene Eiswein. Toronto and Tokyo: Ahadada, 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. Footnotes To Algebra: Uncollected Poems 1995-2009. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX [books], 2009.
Tabios, Eileen R. The Thorn Rosary: Selected Prose Poems 1998-2010. East Rockaway, NY: Marsh Hawk Press, 2010.
Tabios, Eileen R. Silk Egg: Collected Novels. Exeter, England: Shearsman Books, 2011.
Tagami, Jeff. October Light. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.
Tan, Joel. Monster. Los Angeles: Noice Press, 2002.
Tan, Joel. Type O Negative. Granada Hills, CA: Red Hen Press, 2008.
Vengua, Jean. Prau. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Villa, José Garcia. The Anchored Angel. New York: Kaya Press, 1999.
Villa, José Garcia. Doveglion: Collected Poems. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.

Novels

Alumit, Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002.
Alumit, Noel. Talking to the Moon. New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006.
Apostol, Gina. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.
Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
Bacho, Peter. Nelson’s Run. Holliston, MA: Willowgate Press, 2002.
Bacho, Peter. Entrys. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra. Magdalena. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2002.
Bulosan, Carlos. America Is in the Heart. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974.
Bulosan, Carlos. Cry And Dedication. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Bulosan, Carlos. All the Conspirators. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.
Chai, Arlene J. Last Time I Saw Mother. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.
de los Santos, Marisa. Love Walked In. New York: Plume, 2006.
de los Santos, Marisa. Belong to Me. New York: William Morrow, 2008.
Galang, M. Evelina. One Tribe. Kalamazoo, IL: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2006.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Hagedorn, Jessica. The Gangster of Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dream Jungle. New York: Viking Press, 2003.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Toxicology. New York: Viking Press, 2011.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. When The Elephants Dance. New York: Crown, 2002.
Holthe, Tess Uriza. The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes. New York: Crown, 2007.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling The R’s. New York: Kaya Press, 1997.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Leche. Minneapolis: Coffee House Books, 2011.
Miscolta, Donna. When the de la Cruz Family Danced. Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2011.
Murray, Sabina. A Carnivore’s Inquiry. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Murray, Sabina. Forgery. New York: Grove Press, 2007.
Nolledo, Wilfrido D. But for the Lovers. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.
Ong, Han. Fixer Chao. New York: Picador, 2002.
Ong, Han. The Disinherited. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2004.
Realuyo, Bino. The Umbrella Country. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
Romero, Sofia G. Always Hiding. New York: William Morrow, 1998.
Roley, Brian Ascalon. American Son. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Rosca, Ninotchka. State of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.
Rosca, Ninotchka. Twice Blessed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
Syjuco, Miguel. Ilustrado. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2010.
Ty-Casper, Linda. DreamEden. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.

Short Story Collections

Apostol, Gina, Eric Gamalinda, and Lara Stapleton. The Thirdest World. Ithaca, NY: Factory School, 2001.
Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Galang, M. Evelina. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996.
Gonzales, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Murray, Sabina. The Caprices. New York: Mariner Books, 2002.
Peñaranda, Oscar. Seasons by the Bay. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2004.
Rodriguez, Nice. Throw it to the River. Toronto: Women’s Press, 1993.
Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1997.
Skinner, Michelle Cruz. In the Company of Strangers. Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge Press, 2009.
Stapleton, Lara. The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1998.
Tagatac, Geronimo. The Weight of the Sun. Portland, OR: Ooligan Press, 2006.
Villa, José Garcia. Have Come, Am Here. New York: Viking Press, 1942.
Villanueva, Marianne. Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991.
Villanueva, Marianne. Mayor of the Roses. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 2005.
Villanueva, Marianne. The Lost Language. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009.

Non-Fiction Essay and Memoir

Buell, Evangeline Canonizado. Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2006.
Francia, Luis H. Eye of the Fish. New York: Kaya Press, 2001.
Guillermo, Emil. Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective. San Francisco: Asian Week Books/Monkey Tales Press, 1999.
Jamero, Peter. Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006.
McReynolds, Patricia Justiniani. Almost Americans: A Quest for Dignity. Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1997.
Mossman, Helen Madamba. A Letter to My Father: Growing Up Filipino and American. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Pineda, Jon. Sleep in Me. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
Poblete, Pati Navalta. The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Press, 2006.
San Juan Jr., E., ed. On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Stickmon, Janet. Crushing Soft Rubies. Piedmont, CA: Broken Shackle Press, 2003.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. A Book of Her Own. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2005.

Children’s and Young Adult Books

Bacho, Peter. Leaving Yesler. NY: Pleasure Boat Studio, 2010.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo. Willie Wins. New York: Lee and Low Books, 2001.
De La Paz, Myrna J. Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella. Walnut Creek, CA: Shen’s Books, 2001.
Gilmore, Dorina K. Lazo. Cora Cooks Pancit. Walnut Creek, CA: Shen’s Books, 2009.
Robles, Al. Looking for Ifugao Mountain: Paghahanap sa Bundok ng Ifugao. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 1977.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Manilatown Fish: Si Lakas at Ang Isda Manilatown. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2003.
Robles, Anthony D. Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel: Si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2006.

Graphic Novels

Ayuyang, Rina. Whirlwind Wonderland. Portland, OR: Spark Plug Comic Books, 2010.
Barry, Lynda J. One! Hundred! Demons! Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2002.
Torres, J. and Elbert Or. Lola: A Ghost Story. Portland, OR: Oni Press, 2010.

Plays and Screenplays

Cajayon, Gene, and John Manal Castro. The Debut. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2001.
Faigao-Hall, Linda. Woman on the other side of the world. Woodstock, IL: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1996.
Gatchalian, C.E., Crossing & Other Plays. Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2011.
Pulido, Rod. The Flipside: A Filipino American Comedy. Chicago: Tulitos Press, 2002.
Tanglao-Aguas, Francis. When the Purple Settles. Manila: Bathala Press, 2006.

Anthologies: Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, and Essay

Alvarez, Ivy, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Ernesto Priego & Eileen Tabios, eds. The Chained Hay(Na)Ku Project. Saint Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2010.
Barrios-Leblanc, Joi. Savage Stage: Plays by Ma-Yi Theater Company. NY: Ma-Yi Theater Company, 2007.
Bay Area Pilipino American Writers. Without Names: A Collection Of Poems. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1985.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2003.
Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, ed. Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. Santa Monica, CA: Philippine American Literary House, 2010.
Cabico, Regie, and Todd Swift, eds. Poetry Nation: The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry. Montreal: Vehicule Press, 1998.
Cachapero, Emily, Bayani Mariano, and Luis Syquia, eds. Liwanag: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America. San Francisco: Liwanag Publishing Co., 1975.
Carbó, Nick, ed. Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1995.
Carbó, Nick, and Denise Duhamel, eds. Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon. Los Angeles: The Anthology Press, 2002.
Carbó, Nick, and Eileen Tabios, eds. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
Flores, Penelope V., and Allen Gaborro, eds. Whisper of the Bamboo. San Francisco: Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., 2004.
Francia, Luis H., ed. Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993.
Francia, Luis H., and Eric Gamalinda, eds. Flippin’: Filipinos on America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home in the World. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
Ilano, Roseli, and Lolan Buhain Sevilla, eds. Walang Hiya…Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice. San Francisco: Carayan Press, 2010.
Lozada, Edwin A., ed. Field of Mirrors. SF: PAWA, Inc., 2008.
Realuyo, Bino, Rahna Reiko Rizutto, and Kendall Henry, eds. The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Queer PAPI Porn: Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1998.
Tan, Joel B., ed. Best Gay Asian Erotica. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.
Toribio, Helen, ed. Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild. San Francisco: T’boli Publishing & Distribution, 2002.
Tumang, Patricia Justine and Jenesha de Rivera, Eds. Homelands: Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place, and Time. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2007.
Vengua, Jean, and Mark Young, eds. The First Hay(na)ku Anthology. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2005.
Vengua, Jean, and MarkYoung, eds. The Hay(na)ku Anthology, Volume II. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2008.
Villanueva, Marianne, and Virginia Cerenio, eds. Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas. Corvalis, OR: Calyx Books, 2003.

Non-fiction and Essay: Literary/Cultural Criticism and Theory

Carbó, Nick, ed. PINOY POETICS: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino-American Poetics. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2004.
Davis, Rocío G., Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short-Story Cycles. Toronto: Tsar Publications, 2003.
Davis, Rocío G., ed. Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Issue on Filipino American Literature (Spring 2004).
Davis, Rocío G., and Sue-Im Lee, eds. Literary Gestures: The Aesthetic in Asian American Writing. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005.
Galang, M. Evelina, ed. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.
Gonzalves, Theodore S., ed. Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists. St. Helena, CA: Meritage Press, 2007.
Gonzalves, Theodore S. The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino/American Diaspora. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009.
Grefalda, Reme A., Lucy M. Burns, Theo Gonzalves, and Anna M. Alvez. Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education, and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts. Washington DC: National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA), 2003.
Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja, and Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, eds. Philippine Post-Colonial Studies Essays on Language and Literature. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1993.
Hosillos, Lucila V. Philippine-American Literary-Relations, 1898-1941. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1969.
Igloria, Luisa, ed. Not Home, But Here: Writing From the Filipino Diaspora. Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.
Lumbera, Bienvenido. Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema and Popular Culture. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1984.
San Juan Jr., E. The Radical Tradition in Philippine Literature. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Company, 1971.
San Juan Jr., E. History and Form: Selected Essays. Manila: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.
San Juan Jr., E. The Philippine Temptation: Dialectics of Philippine-U.S. Literary Relations. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
See, Sarita Echavez. The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Strobel, Leny Mendoza. Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post – 1965 Filipino Americans. Manila: Giraffe Books, 2001.
Tabios, Eileen, ed. Black Lightning: Poetry in Progress. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.