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Banana Heart
Rita Mookerjee
Rita Mookerjee’s poems examine race, travel, tourism, sexuality, and survival for queer people of color living in diaspora.
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El Filibusterismo
José Rizal, Harold Augenbraum
Set thirteen years after Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal’s sequel explores revenge, obsession, and Filipino resistance to colonial rule.
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Dogeaters
Jessica Hagedorn, Patrick Rosal
In Marcos-era Manila, characters from different social classes become entangled in events surrounding a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination.
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When the Elephants Dance
Tess Uriza Holthe
“A formidable first novel, worthy of a Verdi opera.”
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Randy Ribay
“Deep, nuanced, and painfully real.”
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Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)
José Rizal, Harold Augenbraum
José Rizal’s novel places a love story within the repression and violence of the colonial Philippines.
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Mud on the Moon
Nita Noveno
Nita Noveno combines memories of growing up in Alaska with imagined episodes from her Filipino immigrant father’s life to investigate his hidden past.
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