When Will Woolfitt of the literary blog Speaking of Marvels approached me for an interview about Love and Other Rituals, I said, why the hell not? It's a huge honor to share this space with the likes of Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Jen Soriano, and Laura Villareal, and to talk more about my book, my process, and my journey as a writer. Read the full interview here.
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I'd like to express my gratitude to the Wellington City Libraries in New Zealand, especially to Neil Johnstone, for preparing this lovely video interview featuring my book. I answered questions about being a Filipino writer who has lived in and written from different countries, my creative process, and how I envision the audience of my work. You can watch the video and read their accompanying blog post here and borrow my book from the Wellington City Library collection, or else order it from Unity Books in Wellington.
I'm delighted to share my latest for Electric Literature, an essay about how I connected with the movie Ghost World as a teenager in the Philippines, and how I saw myself and one of my high school best friends in its lead characters, Enid and Rebecca, played by Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannson. I wanted to write about how female friendships are important for young women of color seeking to forge a path of their own as artists, especially in a place like the Philippines that doesn't exactly serve as an encouraging environment for rebellion and creativity. Read the full essay here.
Happy to share another lovely review of Love and Other Rituals, this time from Seattle's International Examiner! Here's the link to the full review; in Seattle, you can get my book from the Elliott Bay Book Company (because it's always better to support local businesses).
I am overjoyed to begin 2023 with an interview by the lovely Grace Talusan for The Rumpus about my debut story collection, Love and Other Rituals. We talked about how I depicted the Philippines I know, and not what white supremacy imagines it to be; communicating across cultural differences without compromising one's vision; and utilizing fiction to convey truth in a time of misinformation and historical revisionism in my home country. I cannot thank Grace Talusan enough for generously conducting this conversation, as well as Marisa Siegel and Elizabeth Gonzalez James for facilitating its publication in The Rumpus. Read our conversation here.
In case you're an artists' residency addict like me, or else have been meaning to apply for an artists' residency, I made this list for Electric Literature!
I am beyond honored to have been invited by Jaime Alejandro to appear on his amazing podcast about creatives and the creative process, Arts Calling! In this episode, we talked about my debut story collection, Love and Other Rituals, and my journey towards finding my voice and sense of home across several continents. Jaime is an amazing interviewer and I highly recommend his podcast, Arts Calling, which has a particular interest in featuring artists of color. You can listen to my episode here.
What an honor to see Love and Other Rituals being featured in Alfred A. Yuson's Kripotkin column, which appears every Monday in The Philippine Star's lifestyle section. This appeared in their November 21, 2022 print edition, and those living outside the Philippines can read Sir Krip's stunning review here.
What an honor to have my stories read with such closeness and depth! Read the full review here.
I'm happy to share my ninth published excerpt from my novel, People We Trust, which appears in the latest issue of Action, Spectacle. Reading the excerpt (or any of the nine excerpts already published in literary journals) will show you that this is a novel about the traumas inflicted by the Marcos dictatorship on ordinary people, and how these traumas continued to linger, unaddressed, in Philippine society until the next authoritarian came along. Many thanks to Adam Day for selecting this excerpt for publication! I am honored to share this space with Brandon Taylor, Octavio Quintanilla, and other writers and artists I admire. Read my excerpt here and the rest of the issue here.
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