Via Asia Writes: Deadline: 30 June 2012 “Cleansing and Renewal” is the theme of ANI 37, the 2012 edition of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ literary yearbook. CCP Literary Arts Division is now accepting poetry, short fiction and essays in Filipino, English and other Philippine languages (with translation in Filipino or English) tackling the topic “What [...]
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Meet Dr. E.J. R. David at the 17th Annual Northwest Filipino American Student Alliance Conference (NWFASA)
March 9th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Our good friend and author of Filipino-/American Postcolonial Psychology Dr. E.J. R. David will be at the University of Washington on April 20-22 to present about “Filipino -/ American Postcolonial Psychology” as part of the 17th Annual Northwest Filipino American Student Alliance Conference (NWFASA). If you are in the area around that time, please check it out. The NWFASA [...]
KALAYAAN Comics Now Available in English
March 9th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Filipino superhero Kalayaan’s comics are now available in English? Nerdgasm! That’s what I said when Kalayaan (Freedom) creator Gio Paredes contacted me a few days ago to let me know that his popular Filipino superhero would be available to English speaking fans. I guess my first post on Kalayaan gave somewhat of an impact on [...]
Book Launching of From Pancho to Pacquiao by Jay Gonzales & Angelo Merino on March 31st
March 9th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:00pm until 2:00pm Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA. To all boxing aficionados please save the date and stay tuned for more details. From Pancho to Pacquiao: Philippine Boxing In and Out of the Ring is a snapshot of more than a century of Philippine boxing. It is [...]
Call For Submissions: Cha May 2012 Issue
March 9th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for its May 2012 issue (Issue # 17). Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission guidelines can be found here. Deadline: 15 March, 2011. Former contributors Divya Rajan (poetry) and Bob Bradshaw (prose) will act as guest editors and read the submissions with co-editors Tammy Ho and Jeff [...]
sheRose of our Time: A Tribute to the First Lady, Michele Obama showcasing Baybayin Art
March 9th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Just got some great news from my friends who are Asian American artists out in the West Coast on this new art exhibit. The art exhibit pays tribute to the First Lady, Michelle Obama for her continued support for visual and performing arts. This Saturday, March 10th is the In Celebration of our First Lady: Music and [...]
Controversial Philippine documentary screens in SF International Asian American Film Festival 2012
March 8th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
Award-winning documentary Give Up Tomorrow finally comes to the Bay Area via the SF International Asian American Film Fest. A film about Filipino-Spanish prisoner Paco Larrañaga, Give Up Tomorrow reveals the extraordinary judicial violations that resulted in Paco’s death sentence. A story that is intensely personal yet has far-reaching global reverberations, Paco’s case was championed by the United Nations and [...]
New Spring 2012 Issue of The Asian American Literary Review on “Generations”
March 8th, 2012 by Fil-Am Ako
ASIAN AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW RELEASES NEW SPRING 2012 ISSUE ON “GENERATIONS” When: Mar 3, 2012 “Are there any continuities,” wonders scholar Min Hyoung Song, “between the earlier generation of writers which first raised the banner of an Asian American literature and a later generation of writers which inherited it?” This is the question AALR’s Spring 2012 [...]