Beyond bakla: Trinidad Escobar's liberating exploration of queer sensuality and identities
Trinidad Escobar's love for storytelling began as a child when they penned a myriad of stories into the pages of college-ruled notebooks.
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- May 30
- 3 min
Igniting Change in Florida: Femme Fire Books Connects Readers to Diverse Literary Treasures
U.S. Navy Veteran Vanessa Nicolle opened Femme Fire Books with a selection of books celebrating diversity and inclusivity in literature.
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Motherhood and Renewed Cultural Connections Inspire Children’s Book on Philippine Mythology
Marielle Atanacio created a children’s book on Philippine mythology for readers interested in Philippine mythology and culture.
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Bike of Bones
Write a poem about a fictional girl and a bike she made out of bones.
- Mar 1
- 1 min
the giver
plant seeds of grief cast seeds of dreams, of futures.
- Mar 1
- 1 min
clear mountain
my grandmother rises a mountain.
- Feb 28
- 3 min
YA Writer and Activist Talks Identity, Social Reform, and Community Through Coming of Age Stories
Writer Daven McQueen touches on lessons of ethnic identity, social reform, and the lasting power of friendship and community.
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Reconnect with Joy and Heal from ‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ with Educator Janet Stickmon
Janet Stickmon uses her experiences to help fellow professionals of color cope with racial battle fatigue through CenterJoyPWR®
- Feb 14
- 3 min
A Daughter's Tribute to her Mother, Elizabeth Ramsey, the Queen of Philippine Rock n' Roll
“Elizabeth Ramsey: Queen of Philippine Rock N’ Roll" highlights the singer's life, her family, and the obstacles she overcame.
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Celebrating the ‘Auntie Community’ Through “The So-En Chronicles”
Gale.minna, a first-generation Filipina American based in Sacramento, explores mental health through poetry, short stories, and digital art.
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
sharing a pomegranate at the end of november
i tell you my twenties are greedy for well spent nostalgia.
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
When We Say
When we say kamayin we mean come-on-in. We mean love with a capital L and one syllable for all the loves that have passed you by.
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
8526
I am eight thousand, five hundred, and twenty-six miles from home.
- Oct 28, 2022
- 0 min
Muling Pagbangon
To rise again
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Fish Heart
I have always had a fish motif in my
writing and never knew why.
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
from handfuls to coasts, islands to continents
On these distant lands will concrete remember what it is to be sand?
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Ode to Nana
I stitch these words and images like how Nana used to sew - with care, ease, and determination.
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
Filipino American International Book Festival returns to San Francisco Pubic Library
Filled with camaraderie, collaboration, and celebration, the two-day festival is the largest of its kind in the United States.
- Sep 29, 2022
- 4 min
Divine In i: Honoring Ancestral and Spiritual Wisdom from Haiti, Brazil, and the Philippines
Readers celebrate the official launch of “The Divine Coloring Book” created by Filipina American author Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer.
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
Lola Lucing
i’ll find lola again.
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