How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers (World Nonfictions) by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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Featuring contributions of Merlie Alunan, Cecilia Brainard, Ian Casocot, Linda Ty-Casper, Aileen Cassinetto, Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Jose Dalisay, Noelle de Jesus, Allan Derain, Migs Bravo Dutt, Yvette Fernandez, Caroline Hau, Luisa A. Igloria, Kristian Kordero, Paulino Lim, Jr., Tony Perez, Elmer Pizo, Joel Pablo Salud, Eileen Tabios, John Iremil Teodoro, John Jack Wigley, and Hope Sabanpan Yu.
How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, features 22 personal stories by writers of diverse backgrounds, each reflecting on how writing has shaped their lives.
Here, writing becomes more than just a creative process—not merely a way to revisit memories, capture moments of empowerment and transformation, or make sense of the world—but also a means of self-discovery. Indeed, some write to remember. To preserve. To heal. To reimagine the past with the wisdom of the present. This book offers voices as a guiding light, illuminating the many paths writers take before they are able to bravely face the empty page and pour out their being.
This book is for those curious about how writers became who they are. A heartfelt hint and hope—that one might find clarity in the haze of the soul through language, that one might have the chance to discover their voice and be inspired to listen to it and to be led by it.
Praise for the book:
How I Became a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers offers intimate, fine-grained accounts in the making of what constitutes contemporary Philippine literature, provided by a remarkable set of Filipino writers in the Philippines and abroad, It is a book to be treasured.—Resil B. Mojares, Philippine National Artist in Literature.
Publisher : Independently published
Publication date : August 8, 2025
Language : English
Print length : 208 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8297058125
Item Weight : 13.3 ounces
Reading age : 10 - 18 years
Dimensions : 6 x 0.47 x 9 inches
Book 2 of 2 : World Nonfictions