Returning to My Father’s Kitchen

Book Riot's 10 New Nonfiction Releases of May 2025

Lit Hub's "The Hub" (News, Notes, Talk): May 13, 2025

Electric Lit (interview with Cherry Lou Sy)

Let’s Talk Memoir with Ronit Plank (Episode 240)

​Nevada Public Radio's Desert Companion

Colorado Review (interview)

Radio New Zealand (afternoons with Jesse Mulligan)

LIMINAL (Australia)

The American Writers Museum's List of Filipino-American Memoirs 

Storizen's 10 Best Nonfiction Books to Read in May 2025 

Rappler (Mountain Beacon)

Las Vegas Weekly

Positively Filipino 

Lit Hub:
"Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books"

The Writer's Digest: 
"And Now, I Know: Learning to Take Up Space as a Writer"

Electric Lit:
"9 Books About Filipino Fathers"

Arts Calling Podcast (interview with Jaime Alejandro)

Listen & Be Heard (interview with Tony Robles)

Speaking of Marvels

Incidental Noyes (Northwestern University Press blog)

Black Mountain Institute Library Sessions (Seafood City Edition)

Newsroom (book excerpt) 

Los Angeles Public Library's Reading List for Filipino-American History Month

San Diego Public Library's Reading List for Filipino-American History Month

Phi Kappa Phi Forum (Spring 2025 Bookshelf)

The Filipino-American Woman Project

Interviewed by Kim Foster for Black Mountain Institute

The Hopkins Review (conversation with Christopher Gonzales)

The Daily Texan: “Five Books by UT alumni to read this spring”

The Holly Hughes Podcast: “How to Write About Family Without Repeating the Past”

The Delos Diaries: “On Home, Heritage, and the Writing Journey”

Love and Other Rituals

Book Review in Colorado Review 

Book Review in Meanjin Quarterly 

Author conversation with Grace Talusan in The Rumpus 

Review for Radio New Zealand (afternoons with Jesse Mulligan)

Book Review in The Pantograph Punch

Lit Hub: "The Grief of Publishing a Book Without the Parent Who Inspired You"  

Electric Literature: "9 Books About the Complexities of Filipino Family Bonds"

"Monica Macansantos on Tango, Cooking, and Reading E.M. Forster" (author conversation with Greg Marshall) in The Hopkins Review  

Book Review in The Philippine Star

Author interview with Speaking of Marvels

5 Questions with Monica Macansantos for LIMINAL 

Author interview with Wellington City Libraries (NZ)

Book Review in International Examiner 
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Interview with Grattan Street Press

Homesickness inducing short stories in Filipino Migrant News NZ 

Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken for BookWoman Austin

Conversation with Donna Miscolta for Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle)

Interview on PSTv+ (New Zealand)