A Literary Reading
Pilipino Kahit Saan, Kahit Kailan
(Filipino regardless of time, regardless of place)
Reimagining Filipino Identity in Literature by Women
How is Filipino identity redefined today?
How can writing help connect one to identity?
What is unique to each writer and what is part of being Filipino?
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
Free and open to the public
7:00 pm Reception - Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, 2500 Kuhio Avenue, Honolulu
7:30 pm Reading - Moloka‘i Room
Q & A to Follow
MICHELLE CRUZ SKINNER, originally from the Philippines, has published two short story collections, Balikbayan and Mango Seasons (nominated for the 1996 Philippine National Book Award). “Faith Healer,” from Balikbayan, was selected for the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project. Michelle has read her stories at the Filipino American Literature Forum, UCLA, Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Hawai‘i. She currently teaches English at Punahou School in Honolulu. She will read from her forthcoming story collection, The Company of Strangers (Bamboo Ridge Press, 2009).
Read more at Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. (P.A.W.A.)
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