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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Autor/a de When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

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On a Bed of Rice (1995) — Col·laborador — 78 exemplars
Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers (2000) — Col·laborador — 48 exemplars

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This is a different kind of mystery/detective novel. The Newspaper Widow was shortlisted for the Inaugural Cirilo F. Bautista Prize for the Novel. It was a Finalist for the 37th National Book Award in the Philippines. It has been praised by the Library Journal (Aug. 2021) as follows:
When her husband dies in 1909, Ines Maceda inherits his newspaper, which is running out of audience and funds; she soon finds that she’s good at both the money side and the reporting side. The paper gets a scoop about the discovery of the body of a priest who had been missing several months, but any pleasure in Ines’s coup is dampened when her son Andres is imprisoned on suspicion of murdering the priest, whose past turns out to be shadier than imagined. What follows is part detective story and part historical fiction, set in the Philippines seven years after the conclusion of the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) that cemented U.S. occupation of the islands. The mystery elements are competently plotted, and the characters appealing, and there’s a charming long-distance romance, with a hint of another yet to come. The book’s signal virtue, though, is its bighearted look at Filipino culture and society in 1909. With 23 books to her name, Brainard (Magdalena) is hardly a novice, but most of her works have appeared out of small presses (including her own Philippine American Literary House), so she might be a new addition to library collections.
VERDICT An old-fashioned novel isn’t a bad thing when it’s as well done as this one about people growing, loving, and rectifying past mistakes. ~ David Keymer, Cleveland
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apalh | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Aug 10, 2021 |
Filipina American author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's books have been used in classrooms by educators. Some of her short story collections are hard-to-find. This new collection of her Selected Short Stories gathers the best of her short fiction, including the popular 'Woman with Horns", "Flip Gothic", "Romeo", and many more. The author has authored and edited over twenty books. She has won awards -- a California Arts Council Fellowship, a Brody Arts Fund, a Special Recognition Award from the LA Board of Education, an Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city of Cebu, Philippines. She has taught at USC, UCLA, and the California State Summer School for the Arts. She served in the board of PEN, PAAWWW (Pacific Asian American Women Writers West), PAWWA (Philippine American Women Writers and Artists), and others.

The book has been praised by Author and Professor Brian Roley as " powerful, poignant, and engrossing."
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apalh | Aug 10, 2021 |
First published in 2002 and currently published in the Philippines (UST Publishing House), this 2021 US Edition of the novel MAGDALENA includes illustrations by the author, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard.

Written in the fragmented style, Philippine American author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's lyrical novel, MAGDALENA, tells the story of three generations of Filipino women whose lives have been affected by the Philippine American War, World War Two, and the Vietnam War. A favorite among poets, academics, and feminists, the book has been the subject of academic papers by Drs. John Jack Wigley, Rhodora G. Magan, and Ruth S. Rimando, among others.

Alma Anonas-Carpio reviewed the book for The Philippines Graphic as follows: "The story of Magdalena’s life is a rich one, full of emotional intensity told with the brilliant clarity of Manguerra Brainard’s pen ... Rarely have I read such exquisite command of storytelling as I see in the pages of this novel. Here she uses the backdrop of a Japanese-occupied Philippines to maximum effect, devastating the reader’s emotions without giving any quarter nor taking any prisoners. You die inside and come to life again when the feelings of hope hit you—and they will ... Read MAGDALENA to see how the strength and beauty of these women spanned three generations, defeating even death. No, not even death can save you from the intense and iridescent beauty of Manguerra Brainard's mastery of her craft."
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apalh | Feb 4, 2021 |
This is a 2021 US Edition of Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, which was first published in the Philippines by Anvil in 1998. Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America collects 26 stories by emerging as well as established Filipino writers living in America, including Luis Cabalquinto, Linda Ty-Casper, Jay Ruben Dayrit, Alma Jill Dizon, Ligaya Victoria Fruto, N.V.M. Gonzalez, Vince Gotera, Paulino Lim, Jr., Veronica Montes, Oscar Penaranda, Edgar Poma, Greg Sarris, Eileen Tabios, John Silva, Marianne Villanueva, Fatima Lim-Wilson, and others.

This book, plus others Cecilia Brainard edited (including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Growing Up Filipino I and II) are valuable sources for many teachers. To quote Harold Augenbraum, “Brainard has done a fine job bringing many little-known writers – and the edginess of Filipinos in America – to the fore.”
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apalh | Feb 4, 2021 |

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