Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas edited by Marianne Villanueva and Virginia Cerenio [in AsianWeek]
28 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Filipina/o American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian American
An anthology of writings from a vast, diasporic group of women of Filipino descent, comprised mostly of new pieces from established authors and new voices.
Review: "New...
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