Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas
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Offers teachers, students, and general readers a fascinating glimpse into the Filipina diaspora.
Foreword9Introduction11Introduction16The Big I Am21For the Women22An excerpt from Chapter Six of What Is Tribe?26That Age30The Dozens - Pinay Style33A Poem/Tribute for Olivia Malabuyo on Her 22nd Birthday39Some Women42Pinay Pioneers43Going Home to a Landscape47Chinatown, Moon Festival48April in Stockton50Mang Tomas51Cartographer55Kauai 1 and 256Homecoming58We Go Back to Manila in 199971Odysseus Cripple at Bantayan Island73Cicada Song75The Stone84Summer Rains86Cold87Tired94Meteors95White Turtle99The Painting111Grandma Sakamoto's Gun126Tall Grasses128Mermaid130In Whispers131Haze133Poet Traveling Over Water134Notebook136Picture139Longing145Loreto, Alone147Kristine153Cloister154Testament155Invasion by Jack Fruit165In Late167No Sleep169Apollo & Junior Grow Up171Fools177Excerpts from Bahala Na!185Eureka 2000187An Expatriate to Her Sister199Prayer Rug201The Color of a Scratch in Metal202Dream203Tango207My father has stopped eating208Touch211Ironing218Smoky Mountain (an excerpt from a novel in progress)220Baby Brother Grown227Christmas232Bandit Banjao #2235Piranhas in the Kitchen236Another Day251Roots261Daughter263Vigan264What Ditas Left274Bahay Kubo (little house)276The Mango Summer278To a Merchant Seaman Who Has Forgotten His Name284Tending the Earth287Once We Were Farmers289Talk Story290Balikbayan box292The Power of Adobo293Contributors' Notes & Index295Glossary307
