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Babaylan : an anthology of Filipina and Filipina American writers / co-edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen Tabios.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PR9550.5.B33 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philippine literature (English)--Women authors.
- Philippine literature (English).
- American literature--Filipino American authors.
- American literature.
- Filipino American women--Literary collections.
- Filipino American women.
- Women--Philippines--Literary collections.
- Women.
- Filipino Americans--Literary collections.
- Filipino Americans.
- American literature--Women authors.
- Philippines--Literary collections.
- Philippines.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Poetry.
- Literature.
- Literary collections.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 336 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Aunt Lute Books, [2000]
- Summary:
- Publisher Fact Sheet The first anthology to bring together the work of Filipina women authors, this collection explores Filipina identity as a meeting place of Asian & American cultures.
- Contents:
- Prose. Dead stars / Paz Marquez Benitez
- The mistress / Gina Apostol
- Shoes / Merlinda Bobis
- The star / Lilledeshan Bose
- Magdalena's monologue / Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
- Consolation / Caroline Cheng
- Drowning / M. Evelina Galang
- Tenement lover : no palm trees/in new york city / Jessica Hagedorn
- Excerpts from "West-Side fugue" / Luba Halicki-Hoffman
- The reprieve / Susan S. Lara
- The birth / Reine Arcache Melvin
- Purita / Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
- Preview / Tara F.T. Sering
- Angel's story / Michelle M.C. Skinner
- Thirty seconds / Lara Stapleton
- Excerpts from An aborted honest autobiography / Eileen Tabios
- Map for a far place / Linda Ty-Casper
- Silence / Marianne Villanueva
- The word-eaters / Jessica Zafra.
- Poetry. Revolt from hymen ; Querida ; Heloise to Abelard / Angela Manalang Gloria
- For Jean, on her wedding day ; Ostrich / Cyan Abad
- I wish I were Baby Spice / Babylu Abaya
- Mojitos ; In the shadow of La Montaña Sagrada / Jade Viray Afable
- Millennium bug ; Do you not see the devil / Mila D. Aguilar
- Russian trinity ; Mouth / Joyce Alcantara
- Carabao ; Triptych / Shirley Ancheta
- Premenstrual poem ; Twenty-eight / Nerissa S. Balce
- Cleaning house ; When the rains came today / Michelle Macaraeg Bautista
- Barcelonita / Ria de Borja
- Overdue ; Carnal knowledge / Sofiya Colette Cabalquinto
- His civil rights / Catalina Cariaga
- My annual haircut ; A definition of pain ; Short-term memory / Virginia Cerenio
- Shooting pineapples ; Thieves / Corinne Leilani Domingo
- Invitation from Latvia ; Acquainted with lightning ; The Canadian border / Marjorie Evasco
- Marcelina / Jean Vengua Gier
- Tsismis / Erna Hernandez
- Home / Leslieann Hobayan
- Song of the turning body ; Looking back / Luisa A. Igloria
- From the other side of the sea ; Tribeswoman / Marra PL. Lanot.
- Poetry. Broken English ; Luzviminda, or Filipinas make such good maids / Fatima Lim-Wilson
- Three generations / Cristina Martinez-Juan
- My coke fiends ; Bedtime stories / Farah Montesa
- Rediscovery ; Shame / Barb Natividad
- One bite ; Ooty Lake ; Fishbone / Aimee Nezhukumatathl
- Contract ; Boxes / Yolanda Palis
- That dance with the water ; A love poem on living together / Celine Salazar Parreñas
- My barrio by the sea / Cristina Querrer
- Sirena (the mermaid) sings / Barbara J. Pulmano Reyes
- 53 ; Our girls ; I am now the chaste specter / Michella Rivera-Gravage
- How she understands being brown in L.A. Part I, or There just the same ; With the Waianae Range to the right, the Koolaus on our left, the Pacific Ocean lay at our feet / Darlene Rodrigues
- Ballet lesson ; Lost boy / Melissa S. Salva
- Ars poetica for intemperate climates ; Remission / Marisa de los Santos
- Mary Claire ; The old people talking / Nadine L. Sarreal
- Tincture / Shakira Andrea Sison
- Safehouses / Irene Suico Soriano
- Speck of rain roaring ; Between-living ; Prayer by a waterfall in Pagatban ; Bonsai / Edith L. Tiempo
- Each word : a family history ; Translation / Rowena Torrevillas
- Presence ; Weightless ; Vigan : images for exorcising / Doris Trinidad.
- Poetry in translation. Ochre tones ; Tando-huni ; Elemental ; Yuta-tubig-kalayo-hanging / Marjorie Evasco
- Tahu ; Ginger brew ; Namit raad ; It would be delicious / Ma. Milagros Geremia-Lachica
- Bulan a naraniag ; Radiant moon ; Dagiti sarsarita ni Uncle Pete ; The stories of Uncle Pete / Luisa A. Igloria
- Balada ni Lola Amonita ; The ballad of Lola Amonita / Elynia S. Mabanglo
- Desperation / Leona Florentino.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-333).
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Babaylan.
- ISBN:
- 1879960591
- 9781879960596
- OCLC:
- 43706853
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