This will make a great Christmas gift... "In the Company of Strangers" By Michelle Cruz Skinner. Bamboo Ridge Press, Honolulu.$18.00 plus sales tax for CA residents and $5.50 shipping. "Sixteen deceptively simple stories comprise Michelle Cruz Skinner'smuch awaited follow-up to 'Balikbayan' and 'Mango Seasons,' many ofthem about Filipinos tongue-tied and alienated in the motherland, orscattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness in thecompany of strangers called countrymen, family, lovers. A book ofquiet gems definitely worth the wait." -R. Zamora Linmark, author of 'Prime Time Apparitions' and 'The Evolution of a Sigh'
Linda On Michelle Cruz Skinner's In the Company of Strangers: New book offers rich stories of life (Lee Cataluna, Honolulu Advertiser) via Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. by Barbara Jane Reyes on 12/4/09 New book offers rich stories of life (Lee Cataluna, Honolulu Advertiser) Late one night, Michelle Cruz Skinner wrote about a guy she didn't actually know but could imagine speaking his manifesto. His funny, pointed, self-involved rant came to her whole. The piece "Ten-Fold Path," where a young man talks about race, culture, desire and identity in such a pitch-perfect voice, is one of 16 stories in her new book, "In the Company of Strangers." "So, you two wander around the booths, eventually buying a Coke each and stopping at a few booths selling "Born-Again Pinoy" and "100% Filipino" T-shirts, genuine-made- in-the-Philippin es woven bracelets, and wood carvings of carabaos and gigantic fork and spoon sets. You vowed years ago that someday, when you had your own house, you would sure as hell not mount some gigantic fork and spoon set on the wall of your dining room. No carabaos either." "One of my students asked if I listen to guys talk," Skinner said. "I said a lot of them talk loudly, oblivious to everyone around them, so I can't help but hear what they say." Read more. --- Philippine Expressions Bookshop The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to Filipino Americans in search of their roots. 2114 Trudie Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-2006, USA Tel and Fax (310) 514-9139 ---- "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2009 marks our 25th year of service to the Filipino American community. Mabuhay. ---- __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
