Rachel EgoianNov 15, 2019“The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”: A review of Thanhha Lai’s Latest Novel Butterfly Yellow About TraThanhha Lai is a well-poised Vietnamese author who wrote her debut novel, Inside Out and Back Again. She won the National Book Award for...
Keana A. LabraJul 10, 2019On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a Novel by Ocean Vuong: The Importance of People of Color VoiceAmongst the innumerable books to be read and enjoyed, there are a few that shake our core, that cause us to question and savor our own...
Rachel EgoianOct 17, 2018America Is In the Heart a Novel by Carlos Bulosan: The Filipino Family, Home and ManhoodIn our recent story on the novel, America Is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, we explore the experiences shared by Filipino women that...
Rachel EgoianOct 14, 2018Elaine Castillo's America Is Not the Heart: What Does It Mean to Be a Filipino Woman?In Elaine Castillo’s debut novel, America is not the Heart, it delves into the themes of Filipino suffering and survival in which we...
Rachel EgoianOct 10, 2018Photography and Colonialism in the Early 19th Century Philippines - Art or Documentation?In the Filipino culture, art and photography lack the support from our communities in which we place our focus towards health and...
Rachel EgoianJun 11, 2018A Review of Dogeaters, a Novel by Jessica Hagedorn, an American Book Award Winner from the Before CHaving read Jessica Hagedorn’s controversial novel, Dogeaters, I found myself struggling with the the novel’s complex structure of the...