Friday, April 23, 20105:30pm - 9:00pm
Salakot Sizzle & Grill
2122 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
The annual Authors Night of Philippine Expressions Bookshop is traditionally held on the eve of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. A participant at the Festival since 1997, the Bookshop is happy to contribute to the literary and cultural life of the City of Los Angeles.
Join us at Authors Night to celebrate the publication of six new books by Filipino and Filipino American Authors. Book Talks, Readings, Booksigning, Food and Fun !
Filipinos in Washington, D.C. By Rita M. Cacas and Juanita Tamayo Lott. The book captures an ethnic history in photos and words, and documents historical events and political transitions that occurred. Cacas, a native Washingtonian and daughter of one of the Depression-era pioneers, previously worked at the National Gallery of Art, and currently works at the US National Archives. Lott, raised in San Francisco but spent her adulthood in Washington D.C. area is a retired Federal senior demographer, policy analyst and special assistant to the US Census Bureau director. She cofounded the first US Filipino American Studies in SF State University (1960) and the Filipino American Studies Program at the Univ. of Maryland College Park (2007).
Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters. Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa. The book documents true encounters with the Divine as experienced by both Filipinos and Filipino Americans who bravely share their personal experiences and open their whole being to the general public who will read them. "Finding God on earth, next to entering heaven in eternal life is, to my mind, the greatest gift one can experience. I know that not everyone can be aware that he or she is finding God at precisely the moment this experience is happening, but all the contributors are to be envied, for finding God can be such an awesome moment whether it happens when one is in great physical pain or in deep spiritual anguish. I am privileged to write one of the blurbs of a book being dedicated to the memory of my dear friend, Jose de Santos Orosa, who taught me what forgiveness is all about." - Josefina T. Lichauco, well-known Philippine lawyer. (Her recent demise brought her to a real encounter with God - Linda's note)
Growing Up Filipino: More Stories for Young Adults, Vol.ll. Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, she is also the author and editor of over a dozen books. She teaches creative writing at the Writer's Program at UCLA-Extension. The book is the second volume of a Growing Up Filipino series. In this collection of 27 short stories, Filipino and Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges and experiences of Filipino teens after the historic events of 9/11. The modern demands do not hinder Filipino youth from dealing with the universal concerns of growing up: family, friends, love, home, budding sexuality, leaving home. The delightful stories are written by well known as well as emerging writers. While the target audience of this fine anthology is young adults, the stories can be enjoyed by adult readers as well.
Let's Cook Adobo! By Carina Monica Montoya. Book design by Eliseo Art Silva. This is a cookbook designed for children. Adobo originated in the Philippines, and has become a popular food around the world. With simple step-by-step recipe directions in vibrantly colored illustrations that incorporate Filipino history, cooking Adobo can be an easy and fun learning experience for children.
Philippine Indigenous Communities: Poetics, Society and History. By Dr Ming Menez Coben. Holder of a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, she was Professor of American Multicultural Studies at CSU-Sonoma, and taught Philippine Folklore and Society at UCLA. Her third book examines the centrality of verbal art in social life and the dynamic roles of varbal artists as religious and political leaders, as guardians of tradition, as well as agents of cultural change. The subtitle highlights its emphasis on poetics and social change, poetics and gender politics, the poetics of violence, and pacifism, tropes in social and historical contexts, and on colonialism, ethnic identity and political power. Her other books are Folklore Communications among Filipinos in California (1980) and Explorations in Philippine Folklore (1996). She resides in Los Angeles. "This book has ten fascinating and exciting chapters, each blending in a stimulating manner history and ethnology with the verbal literaure of a specific Philippine indigenous group." - Gerald Rixhon, Professor of Anthropology.
Seeking Thirst: A Novel. By Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier. This is her second novel, the first being Autobiography of a Stranger. Trained as an educator, Bonnivier has lived and worked in many countries and had resided in the East Coast before finally settling in Los Angeles. Conceived in Baguio but born in Los Angeles, she grew up in the periphery of Temple Street and knew it long before it became known as a Filipino enclave and declared as Historic Filipinotown. Seeking First is a woman's novel and described as such, in the words of two authors. "Carol/Orion is one of the most complex and rich women characters readers have had in a very long time. Her journey to love herself and others is relevant to everyone. Carlene Bonnivier has created a character who is hard to forget." - Marita Golden, author, After, Don't Play in the Sun: Migrations of the Heart. "There's a passion in Seeking Thirst that gives the narrative a driving force throughout." - Seymour Epstein, author, Light, Love Affair, Leah.
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