The host of the Water, Water Everywhere Challenge is Jez. Pismo Beach was the emptiest she’d ever seen it, one day in mid-August. Pismo Beach is important… Read more “Water, Water Everywhere (WWE) Challenge: Pismo Beach, August 2021”
Tag: Carlos Bulosan
The Jesuits in the Philippines, 1581 – 1768
Horacio de la Costa was dying of liver cancer before self arrived at Ateneo de Manila, and so she never took a class from one of the… Read more “The Jesuits in the Philippines, 1581 – 1768”
“The Son of My Father”: Story # 20 in Carlos Bulosan’s THE LAUGHTER OF MY FATHER
Make no mistake, this father of the narrator’s, to whom Bulosan dedicates 25 (memoir-ish) short stories, would be no one’s idea of a good father. He drinks,… Read more ““The Son of My Father”: Story # 20 in Carlos Bulosan’s THE LAUGHTER OF MY FATHER”
The Capitalism of My Father: Story # 7 in Bulosan’s THE LAUGHTER OF MY FATHER
There is such a streak of fatalism that runs through the Filipino character. Was that a legacy of the Spanish? Or was that always present, even before?… Read more “The Capitalism of My Father: Story # 7 in Bulosan’s THE LAUGHTER OF MY FATHER”
The Laughter of My Father, by Carlos Bulosan
One of our foremost Filipino writers was a migrant worker who died at 40 of tuberculosis, in a Seattle boarding house. His name was Carlos Bulosan, and… Read more “The Laughter of My Father, by Carlos Bulosan”
In Honor of Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, 28 April 2018: LUISA IGLORIA PICKS SOME GOOD ONES
Since self is currently Writer-in-Residence at the Mendocino Art Center, this week she’s been writing up a storm (also sending out her work) and adding to her… Read more “In Honor of Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, 28 April 2018: LUISA IGLORIA PICKS SOME GOOD ONES”
#amreading Carlos Bulosan: America Is In the Heart
I went to bed resolved to change the whole course of my life forever. Where was I to begin? Where did rootless men begin their lives? Who… Read more “#amreading Carlos Bulosan: America Is In the Heart”
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