Category: Filipino
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Manang’s Memories Are Never Really Recoverable: An Unpopular Take on the Plight of the Manananggal in Forgotten Island
By Susan T. Layug Warning: spoiler alert. Here’s what I think Manang’s memories really are: they are the broken pieces of her heart, puso, that she recovered and wore at the end but were never put back together See how they were shown as being cradled in her breast, but not resting in her head?…
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Rooted in Community, Connected Through Our Stories
Celebrating Filipino American History Month Across Chicago and the Midwest An archive can inspire a performance. A performance can open a conversation between generations. A family story can become a learning resource. These connections are at the heart of the community work I am grateful to share with so many of you. This October, the…
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SIXTEEN
ni Jimmy Reyes Kaysarap iyapak sa alpombrang lapagAng hubad kong paang malalapadParang kanina lang ang kahaponNang ang niyayapakan ko’yMatatalim na batuhan sa nayon Tama nga yata si AteNang ako’y kanyang kinumbinseNa magbakasyon muna sa AmerikaNang makatikim naman ng ginhawa At ako nga ay sinundo niya sa O’Hare kaninaAt dinala niya sa bahay niya sa Pa-u-li-naTeka,…
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Bakit Amerika?
ni Jimmy Reyes “Kahit anong sobra, masama. Pagka kumain ka nang sobra, maiimpatso ka. Pagka-natulog ka nang sobra, mamamasin ka.” Isa lang ito sa maraming salawikain ng erpat ko na natanim sa isipan ko. Marahil meron nang nakapansin na bihira kong banggitin ang erpat ko, si Patnubay Jones (anak). Marahil, maiisip ng iba na malayo…
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Unnamed, Not Forgotten: The First Filipinos on American Shores, 1587
On the 439th anniversary of the Morro Bay landing, a history and an imagined retelling of the three “Luzon Indios” who arrived before America existed On October 18, 1587, three crewmen of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza —recorded as “Luzon Indios”—became the first documented Filipinos to set foot in the United States. …
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Uncommon Memory
by Gabriel “Jay” Catanus Recently, Garden City Covenant Church had the privilege of welcoming Dr. Melba Maggay, a well-known scholar, writer, and Christian activist from the Philippines. Given that Garden City is a primarily Filipino American congregation that draws from Christian faith in its work for mercy and justice, this was a real treat for…