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(Listed in alphabetical order by authors' or editors' last names. Divided between novels, short story collections, fiction within multi-genre, and anthologies. CLICK on links to go to reviews.)
NOVELS
Ghost Moon Night by Jewel Allen (Treasured Stories/Amazon, 2014)
Reviewed by Mark Jayson Balas for BongBongBooks, Nov. 6, 2014
How to Tame Your Tikbalang Without Really Trying by Alma Anonas-Carpio (Amazon Digital Services, LLC, 2015)
Reviewed by Liana Smith Bautista for Will Read for Feels, May 16, 2016
INSURRECTO by Gina Apostol (Soho Press, 2018)
Reviewed by Michael Carlo-Baradi for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #10, November 2020
Reviewed by Joanna Anabo for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #10, November 2020
Reviewed by Alex Quicho for The New Inquiry, Nov. 18, 2019
Reviewed by Eileen R. Tabios for The FilAm, Jan. 16, 2019
Reviewed by Luis H. Francia for Inquirer, Jan. 2, 2019
Pod Cast Reviewed by Charlotte Geater, Whiskey Jenny and Gin Jenny at Reading the End, Episode 114, Feb. 13, 2019
Other reviews at Author's Website
Gun Dealer's Daughter by Gina Apostol (Norton, New York, 2012)
Reviewed by Martin Joseph Ponce for American Book Review, July/August 2013
Reviewed by Brian Collins for Los Angeles Review of Books, Nov. 19, 2012
Reviewed by Jee Yoon Lee for HYPHEN Magazine, Nov. 1, 2012
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Gun Dealers’ Daughter by Gina Apostol (Anvil, Manila, 2010)
Reviewed by Juaniyo Arcellana for The Philippine Star, June 2, 2014
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol (Anvil, Manila, 2009)
The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Brainard (University of Santo Tomas Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Faye Valencia, The Manila Times, May 12, 2019
Reviewed by Herminia Menez Coben, Travels and More with CB, 2018
ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS: A Dugtungan Novel by Cecilia Brainard, Erma Cuizon, Susan Evangelista, Veronica Montes and Nadine Sarreal (Anvil, Philippines, 2010)
Reviewed by Libay Lingsangan Cantor for Manila Times, Oct. 17, 2010, available through the author's blog
Reviewed by Ronald S. Lim for Manila Bulletin, Sept. 24, 2010, available through the author's blog
Reviewed by Michaela Keck for Institute of English and American Studies, Carl Von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany, Oct. 17, 2010, available through the PALH website
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Dutton 1994, Plume Paperback 1995, University of Michigan Press 1999)
Reviewed by Associated Press, Dec. 18, 1994
Reviewed by Kathleen Hughes for BOOK LIST, Sept. 1, 1994 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 1994
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro for Philippine News, 2006
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Magdalena by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Plain View Press, Austin, TX, 2002/University of Philippines, 2016)
Reviewed by Alma Anonas-Carpio for Philippines Graphic, Marc 2, 2018
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #5, December 2017
Reviewed by Kathleen Flanagan for World Literature Today, April-June, 2003
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for Babaylan Speaks reprinted in THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #2, February 2016
America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (Penguin, 2019)
Reviewed by Paulino Lim, Jr. for HE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #8, November 2019
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (Viking, New York, 2018)
Reviewed by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, The Guardian, May 23, 2018
Reviewed by Cristina Rey for the Rumpus, April 25, 2018
Of Love and Virtue by Carmen F Davino (A Company of Angels Publishers, 1998)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #7, December 2018
The Quiet Ones by Glenn Diaz (Ateneo Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan forT HE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #6, December 2018
Reviewed by DLS Pineda for The Philippine Star, Oct. 20, 2017
Reviewed by Vincen Gregory Yu for The Inquirer, Oct. 23, 2017
A Village in the Fields by Patty Enrado (Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Berkeley, 2015)
Reviewed by Elaine Elinson (Positively Filipino, Dec. 1, 2015)
Samboangan (The Cult of War) by Antonio R. Enriquez (Univ. of Philippines,
Reviewed by Francis C. Macansantos for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #6, June 2018
Reviewed by Alex Quicho for The New Inquiry, Nov. 18, 2019
Reviewed by Eileen R. Tabios for The FilAm, Jan. 16, 2019
Reviewed by Luis H. Francia for Inquirer, Jan. 2, 2019
Pod Cast Reviewed by Charlotte Geater, Whiskey Jenny and Gin Jenny at Reading the End, Episode 114, Feb. 13, 2019
Other reviews at Author's Website
Gun Dealer's Daughter by Gina Apostol (Norton, New York, 2012)
Reviewed by Martin Joseph Ponce for American Book Review, July/August 2013
Reviewed by Brian Collins for Los Angeles Review of Books, Nov. 19, 2012
Reviewed by Jee Yoon Lee for HYPHEN Magazine, Nov. 1, 2012
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Gun Dealers’ Daughter by Gina Apostol (Anvil, Manila, 2010)
Reviewed by Juaniyo Arcellana for The Philippine Star, June 2, 2014
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by Gina Apostol (Anvil, Manila, 2009)
Reviewed by Juaniyo Arcellana for The Philippine Star, June 2, 2014
CEBU by Peter Bacho (University of Washington Press, 1991)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Sept. 27, 1991
CEBU by Peter Bacho (University of Washington Press, 1991)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Sept. 27, 1991
The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Brainard (University of Santo Tomas Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Faye Valencia, The Manila Times, May 12, 2019
Reviewed by Herminia Menez Coben, Travels and More with CB, 2018
ANGELICA'S DAUGHTERS: A Dugtungan Novel by Cecilia Brainard, Erma Cuizon, Susan Evangelista, Veronica Montes and Nadine Sarreal (Anvil, Philippines, 2010)
Reviewed by Libay Lingsangan Cantor for Manila Times, Oct. 17, 2010, available through the author's blog
Reviewed by Ronald S. Lim for Manila Bulletin, Sept. 24, 2010, available through the author's blog
Reviewed by Michaela Keck for Institute of English and American Studies, Carl Von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany, Oct. 17, 2010, available through the PALH website
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Dutton 1994, Plume Paperback 1995, University of Michigan Press 1999)
Reviewed by Associated Press, Dec. 18, 1994
Reviewed by Kathleen Hughes for BOOK LIST, Sept. 1, 1994 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 1994
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro for Philippine News, 2006
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Magdalena by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Plain View Press, Austin, TX, 2002/University of Philippines, 2016)
Reviewed by Alma Anonas-Carpio for Philippines Graphic, Marc 2, 2018
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #5, December 2017
Reviewed by Kathleen Flanagan for World Literature Today, April-June, 2003
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for Babaylan Speaks reprinted in THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #2, February 2016
America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (Penguin, 2019)
Reviewed by Paulino Lim, Jr. for HE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #8, November 2019
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (Viking, New York, 2018)
Reviewed by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, The Guardian, May 23, 2018
Reviewed by Cristina Rey for the Rumpus, April 25, 2018
Of Love and Virtue by Carmen F Davino (A Company of Angels Publishers, 1998)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #7, December 2018
The Quiet Ones by Glenn Diaz (Ateneo Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan forT HE HALO-HALO REVIEW Mangozine #6, December 2018
Reviewed by DLS Pineda for The Philippine Star, Oct. 20, 2017
Reviewed by Vincen Gregory Yu for The Inquirer, Oct. 23, 2017
A Village in the Fields by Patty Enrado (Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Berkeley, 2015)
Reviewed by Elaine Elinson (Positively Filipino, Dec. 1, 2015)
Samboangan (The Cult of War) by Antonio R. Enriquez (Univ. of Philippines,
Reviewed by Francis C. Macansantos for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #6, June 2018
My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo (Quill Tree/Harper Collins, 2020)
Reviewed by Cecilia Brainard for Positively Filipino, November 2020
Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery by M. Evelina Galang (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, Minn., 2013)
TOXICOLOGY by Jessica Hagedorn (Penguin, 2011)
Reviewed by Rigoberto Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Review of Books, July 13, 2011
Reviewed by Gerald Nicosia for SF Chronicle, April 30, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn (Viking Press, 2003)
Reviewed by Michael Upchurch for The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2003
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
The Gangster of Love by Jessica Hagedorn (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)
Reviewed by Michael Harris for the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, 1996
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
DOGEATERS by Jessica Hagedorn (Penguin, 1990)
Engaged by Sheila Bare for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #3, August 2016
Reviewed by Vince Gotera for Pilipinas: A Journal of Philippine Studies No. 21, Fall 1993
Reviewed by Savitri Ashock for Postcolonial Text, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the book's Wikipedia page and author's website
The Descartes Highlands by Eric Gamalinda (Akashic Books, Brooklyn, 2015)
Reviewed by Veronica Montes for Galatea Resurrects, May 2015
Reviewed by Audrey Quinn for NewPages, April 1, 2015
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the Akashic Book Page
Confessions of a Volcano by Eric Gamalinda (Anvil, new edition, 2014)
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe (Crown, New York, 2001)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Dec. 24, 2001
DON VINCENTE by F. Sionil Jose (Modern Library, 1999)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, June 7, 1999
THE SAMSONS: THE PRETENDERS and MASS by F. Sionil Jose (Modern Library, 2000)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2000
Three Filipino Women by F. Sionil Jose (Philippine American Literary House, 1999)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, Nov. 3, 2016
LECHE by R. Zamora Linmark (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2011)
When the De La Cruz Family Danced by Donna Miscolta (Signal 8 Press, 2011)
Reviewed by Josie E. Davis for The Matterhorn Review, July 8, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray (Grove Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Eric Farwell for Fiction Advocate, Jan. 11, 2017
Let's No One Get Hurt by Jon Pineda (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2018)
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star, March 26, 2018
The Umbrella Country by Bino A. Realuyo (Ballantine Books, New York, 1999)
Reviewed by Leonard Casper for Philippine Studies (also citing a context of Philippine literary history and other authors)
Reviewed by Ruel S. de Vera for The Philippine Daily Inquirer
Reviewed by Julie Yap Daza for The Manila Standard
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal, Translated by Harold Augenbraum (Penguin Classics, New York, 2006)
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro for Philippine News, 2006
STATE OF WAR by Ninotchka Rosca (Norton, New York, 1988)
Reviewed by Vince Gotera for Pilipinas: A Journal of Philippine Studies No. 21, Fall 1993
The Hour of Daydreams by Renee Macalino Rutledge (Forest Avenue Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Maileen Dumelod Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
Reviewed by Sara Campos for The FilAm, Sept. 20, 2017
THE MANGO BRIDE by Marivi Soliven (Penguin Random House, New York, 2013)
Reviewed by Justine Villanueva for
Philippine English: A Novel by Angelo Suarez (Gauss PDF, 2015)
Engaged by Caleb Beckwith for Jacket2 for "Conceptual writing (global and plural) and other cultural productions" edited by Divya Victor, Feb. 5, 2016
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010)
Reviewed by Michael Dirda for The Washington Post, May 6, 2010
Reviewed by Raymond Bonner for The New York Times, June 11, 2010
Reviewed by Adam Mars-Jones for The Guardian, June 20, 2010
Reviewed by londonchoirgirl for A Year of Reading the World, Nov. 6, 2012
Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery by M. Evelina Galang (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, Minn., 2013)
Reviewed by Amadio Arboleda for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #2, February 2016
Her Wild American Self by M. Evelina Galang (Coffee House Press, Minneapollis, Minn., 1996)
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
Her Wild American Self by M. Evelina Galang (Coffee House Press, Minneapollis, Minn., 1996)
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
TOXICOLOGY by Jessica Hagedorn (Penguin, 2011)
Reviewed by Rigoberto Gonzalez for the Los Angeles Review of Books, July 13, 2011
Reviewed by Gerald Nicosia for SF Chronicle, April 30, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn (Viking Press, 2003)
Reviewed by Michael Upchurch for The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2003
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
The Gangster of Love by Jessica Hagedorn (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)
Reviewed by Michael Harris for the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, 1996
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the author's website
DOGEATERS by Jessica Hagedorn (Penguin, 1990)
Engaged by Sheila Bare for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #3, August 2016
Reviewed by Vince Gotera for Pilipinas: A Journal of Philippine Studies No. 21, Fall 1993
Reviewed by Savitri Ashock for Postcolonial Text, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009
OTHER REVIEWS are available at the book's Wikipedia page and author's website
The Descartes Highlands by Eric Gamalinda (Akashic Books, Brooklyn, 2015)
Reviewed by Veronica Montes for Galatea Resurrects, May 2015
Reviewed by Audrey Quinn for NewPages, April 1, 2015
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the Akashic Book Page
Confessions of a Volcano by Eric Gamalinda (Anvil, new edition, 2014)
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe (Crown, New York, 2001)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Dec. 24, 2001
DON VINCENTE by F. Sionil Jose (Modern Library, 1999)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, June 7, 1999
THE SAMSONS: THE PRETENDERS and MASS by F. Sionil Jose (Modern Library, 2000)
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2000
Three Filipino Women by F. Sionil Jose (Philippine American Literary House, 1999)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, Nov. 3, 2016
LECHE by R. Zamora Linmark (Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, 2011)
Reviewed by Justine Villanueva for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's
Mangozine #2, February 2016
Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark (Kaya Press, New York, 1997)
Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark (Kaya Press, New York, 1997)
Reviewed by Theodore S. Gonzalves for The Asian American Literary Review, Spring 2016
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Berkeley Books, 2021)
Reviewed by Elizabeth Ann Quirino for Positively Filipino, June 2021
THE BETRAYED by Reine Arcache Melvin (Ateneo de Manila Press, 2018)
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson, PhilStar Global, Dec. 31, 2018
THE BETRAYED by Reine Arcache Melvin (Ateneo de Manila Press, 2018)
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson, PhilStar Global, Dec. 31, 2018
When the De La Cruz Family Danced by Donna Miscolta (Signal 8 Press, 2011)
Reviewed by Josie E. Davis for The Matterhorn Review, July 8, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Valiant Gentlemen by Sabina Murray (Grove Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Eric Farwell for Fiction Advocate, Jan. 11, 2017
Let's No One Get Hurt by Jon Pineda (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2018)
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star, March 26, 2018
The Umbrella Country by Bino A. Realuyo (Ballantine Books, New York, 1999)
Reviewed by Leonard Casper for Philippine Studies (also citing a context of Philippine literary history and other authors)
Reviewed by Ruel S. de Vera for The Philippine Daily Inquirer
Reviewed by Julie Yap Daza for The Manila Standard
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal, Translated by Harold Augenbraum (Penguin Classics, New York, 2006)
Reviewed by Allen Gaborro for Philippine News, 2006
STATE OF WAR by Ninotchka Rosca (Norton, New York, 1988)
Reviewed by Vince Gotera for Pilipinas: A Journal of Philippine Studies No. 21, Fall 1993
The Hour of Daydreams by Renee Macalino Rutledge (Forest Avenue Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Maileen Dumelod Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #8, November 2019
Reviewed by Sara Campos for The FilAm, Sept. 20, 2017
THE MANGO BRIDE by Marivi Soliven (Penguin Random House, New York, 2013)
Reviewed by Justine Villanueva for
Philippine English: A Novel by Angelo Suarez (Gauss PDF, 2015)
Engaged by Caleb Beckwith for Jacket2 for "Conceptual writing (global and plural) and other cultural productions" edited by Divya Victor, Feb. 5, 2016
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010)
Reviewed by Michael Dirda for The Washington Post, May 6, 2010
Reviewed by Raymond Bonner for The New York Times, June 11, 2010
Reviewed by Adam Mars-Jones for The Guardian, June 20, 2010
Reviewed by londonchoirgirl for A Year of Reading the World, Nov. 6, 2012
DOVELION: A Fairy Tale for Our Times by Eileen R. Tabios (AC Books, New York, 2021)
Reviewed by Ray Greenblatt, North of Oxford, June 2021
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater, The Halo-Halo Review, April 2021
Engaged by Ayo Gutierrez, The Halo-Halo Review, April 2021
SILK EGG: Collected Novels 2009-2009 by Eileen R. Tabios (Shearsman Books, Exeter, U.K., 2011)
Engaged by Jonel Abellanosa for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #5, December 2017
Reviewed by Aileen Ibardaloza-Cassinetto for Goodreads, Feb. 19, 2016
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for Press1, 2012
Reviewed by Michael Leong for BIG OTHER, 2011
Reviewed by Steven Hong Sohn for Asian American Literature Fans, 2011
Reviewed by Zvi A. Sesling for Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio (Ecco, 2020)
Reviewed by Madeleine Leung Coleman, New York Times, July 7, 2020
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, April 2020
To Be Free by Edilberto K. Tiempo (New Day Press, Quezon City, 1972. Seventh Printing, 1993)
Reviewed by Monica Macansantos for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #3, August 2016
The Music Child and the Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson (Anvil Publishing, 2016)
Reviewed by Peter Gordon for Asian Review, Nov. 1, 2016
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
In The Country by Mia Alvar (Knopf, New York, 2015)
Reviewed by Justine Villanueva for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine, September 2015
Reviewed by Alina Cohen for The Rumpus, July 13, 2015
Reviewed by Michael Upchurch for The Seattle Times, July 12, 2015
Reviewed by Roxane Gay for BarnesandNobleReview, July 15, 2015
Reviewed by J.R. Ramakrishnan for The New York Times Book Review, June 19, 2015
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
ACAPULCO AT SUNSET And Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 1995)
SILK EGG: Collected Novels 2009-2009 by Eileen R. Tabios (Shearsman Books, Exeter, U.K., 2011)
Engaged by Jonel Abellanosa for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #5, December 2017
Reviewed by Aileen Ibardaloza-Cassinetto for Goodreads, Feb. 19, 2016
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for Press1, 2012
Reviewed by Michael Leong for BIG OTHER, 2011
Reviewed by Steven Hong Sohn for Asian American Literature Fans, 2011
Reviewed by Zvi A. Sesling for Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene, 2011
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio (Ecco, 2020)
Reviewed by Madeleine Leung Coleman, New York Times, July 7, 2020
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, April 2020
To Be Free by Edilberto K. Tiempo (New Day Press, Quezon City, 1972. Seventh Printing, 1993)
Reviewed by Monica Macansantos for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #3, August 2016
The Music Child and the Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson (Anvil Publishing, 2016)
Reviewed by Peter Gordon for Asian Review, Nov. 1, 2016
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
In The Country by Mia Alvar (Knopf, New York, 2015)
Reviewed by Justine Villanueva for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine, September 2015
Reviewed by Alina Cohen for The Rumpus, July 13, 2015
Reviewed by Michael Upchurch for The Seattle Times, July 12, 2015
Reviewed by Roxane Gay for BarnesandNobleReview, July 15, 2015
Reviewed by J.R. Ramakrishnan for The New York Times Book Review, June 19, 2015
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
ACAPULCO AT SUNSET And Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 1995)
Reviewed by Herminia Coben for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #10, November 2020
Reviewed by Les Adler for Pilipinas, Spring 1996 (Michigan State) available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Reviewed by Isagani R. Cruz for Starweek/Phil Star, Oct. 29, 1995 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Woman With Horns and Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (U.S. Edition PALH 2020, New Day 1987)
Reviewed by Les Adler for Pilipinas, Spring 1996 (Michigan State) available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Reviewed by Isagani R. Cruz for Starweek/Phil Star, Oct. 29, 1995 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Woman With Horns and Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (U.S. Edition PALH 2020, New Day 1987)
Reviewed by Herminia Coben for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #10, November 2020
Vigan and Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 2011)
Introduction by Oscar V. Campomanes
Curses and Other Stories by Noelle Q. de Jesus (Penguin Random House Southeast Asia, 2019)
Reviewed by Rosie Milne for Asian Review of Books, Nov. 7, 2019
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for The Halo Halo Review, April 2020
Reviewed by Olivia Ho for The Straits Times Singapore, Feb. 4, 2020
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson, Jr. for Philippine Star, Feb. 10, 2020
Reviewed by Alma Anonas Carpio, Manila Business Mirror, Feb. 23, 2020
Reviewed by Jam Pascual for ANCX, Jan. 21, 2020
Reviewed by Curious Book Reviewer, Instagram, Jan. 28, 2020
Blood: Collected Stories by Noelle Q. de Jesus (Ethos Books, Singapore, 2016)
Reviewed by Rina Jimenez-David for Inquirer, Dec. 1, 2017
Reviewed by Ian Rosales Casocot for Business Mirror, Feb. 26, 2017
Reviewed by Mariposa on Papillons de mots, July 25, 2016
Reviewed by Maswood Akhter for ASIATIC, Vol. 10, No. 2, December 2016
Reviewed by Lee Jian Xuan for The Straits Times, Dec. 6, 2016
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star, Sept. 26, 2016
Suite Bergamasque: The Boulevard Stories of Bobby Flores-Villasis (Giraffe Books, __)
The Boys in the Boarding House by Geraldine C. Maayo (Central Bookstore, Philippines, 2013)
Reviewed by Francis C. Macansantos for Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 20, 2014
Hola and Goodbye: Una Familia in Stories by Donna Miscolta (Carolina Wren Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Kathe Connai in San Francisco Review of Books, Aug. 1, 2017
The Conquered Sits On the Bus Stop, Waiting by Veronica Montes (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
Vigan and Other Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 2011)
Introduction by Oscar V. Campomanes
Curses and Other Stories by Noelle Q. de Jesus (Penguin Random House Southeast Asia, 2019)
Reviewed by Rosie Milne for Asian Review of Books, Nov. 7, 2019
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for The Halo Halo Review, April 2020
Reviewed by Olivia Ho for The Straits Times Singapore, Feb. 4, 2020
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson, Jr. for Philippine Star, Feb. 10, 2020
Reviewed by Alma Anonas Carpio, Manila Business Mirror, Feb. 23, 2020
Reviewed by Jam Pascual for ANCX, Jan. 21, 2020
Reviewed by Curious Book Reviewer, Instagram, Jan. 28, 2020
Blood: Collected Stories by Noelle Q. de Jesus (Ethos Books, Singapore, 2016)
Reviewed by Rina Jimenez-David for Inquirer, Dec. 1, 2017
Reviewed by Ian Rosales Casocot for Business Mirror, Feb. 26, 2017
Reviewed by Mariposa on Papillons de mots, July 25, 2016
Reviewed by Maswood Akhter for ASIATIC, Vol. 10, No. 2, December 2016
Reviewed by Lee Jian Xuan for The Straits Times, Dec. 6, 2016
Reviewed by Alfred Yuson for The Philippine Star, Sept. 26, 2016
Suite Bergamasque: The Boulevard Stories of Bobby Flores-Villasis (Giraffe Books, __)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, Sept. 19,
2016
Dear Distance by Luis Joaquim M. Katigbak (Anvil, 2016)
Dear Distance by Luis Joaquim M. Katigbak (Anvil, 2016)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, May 29,
2016
The Axolotyl Colony: Stories by Jaime An Lim (UP Press, Philippines, 2016)
Preface by Jaime An LimThe Axolotyl Colony: Stories by Jaime An Lim (UP Press, Philippines, 2016)
The Boys in the Boarding House by Geraldine C. Maayo (Central Bookstore, Philippines, 2013)
Reviewed by Francis C. Macansantos for Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 20, 2014
Hola and Goodbye: Una Familia in Stories by Donna Miscolta (Carolina Wren Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Kathe Connai in San Francisco Review of Books, Aug. 1, 2017
The Conquered Sits On the Bus Stop, Waiting by Veronica Montes (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
Reviewed by Melinda Luisa de Jesus for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine, November 2020
Reviewed by Eileen Tabios for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine, November 2020
Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories by Veronica Montes (Philippine American Literary House, 2018)
Reviewed by Tony Robles, Nov. 19, 2018
Reviewed by Michael Czyzniejewski for Story366, July 10, 2018
Butterfly Dream by Kristine Ong Muslim (Snuggly Books, U.K., 2016)
Reviewed by Seregil of Rhiminee for Rising Shadow, June 22, 2016
FICTIONARY: New & Award-Winning Stories by Jenny Ortuoste (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2016)
EXACTLY HERE, EXACTLY NOW by Nadine Sarreal (Giraffe Books, Philippines, 2000)
Reviewed by Howard S. Collins for Philippine American Literary House Zine (nd)
WATERMELON NIGHTS by Greg Sarris (First Edition, Hyperion Books, 1998; Penguin, 1999)
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio (Harper Collins, New York, 2012)
Reviewed by Katy Waldman for Slate, February 2012
Reviewed by August Brown for Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2012
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
A River, One-Woman Deep by Linda Ty-Casper (Philippine American Literary House, 2016 / University of Santo Tomas Publishing, 2017)
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #6, June 2018
Review by ForeWord, May 2017
Mayor of the Roses by Marianne Villanueva (Miami University Press, 2005)
Reviewed by Steven Wingate for the short review
Reviewed by Anhoni Patel for SFGate, Jan. 30, 2005
The Music Child & The Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson (Anvil Publishing, 2016)
Reviewed by Peter Gordon for Asian Review of Books, 2016
INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORIES
"The Feast of All Souls" by Monica Macansantos (published in The Masters Review, 2012)
Reviewed by Ann Graham for Short Stories All The Time, June 10, 2015
"Magnifica Angelica Superable" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (published in Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 74, July 2016)
Reviewed by Charles Payseur in Quick Sip Reviews, July 8, 2016
MULTI-GENRE (w/ Fiction)
SILENCES: The Autobiography of Loss by Eileen R. Tabios (Blue Lion Books, Espoo, Finland / West Hartford, Conn., 2007)
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for Otoliths, February 2008
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED by Eileen R. Tabios (Marsh Hawk Press, New York, 2004)
Reviewed by Anny Ballardini for Jacket, 2008
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for BOOKMARK, 2008
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
ANTHOLOGIES
Fiction by Filipinos in America edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (New Day Publishers, Quezon City, 1993)
Reviewed by Sheng-mei Ma for Pilipinas, Spring 1995 (Michigan State) available through the author's website (click on book cover)
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 1998)
Reviewed by Harold Augenbraum for MANOA, Summer 2001 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (PALH, Santa Monica, Ca, 2003)
Introduced by Rocio Davis
Reviewed by Frances Bradburn, Booklist, April 2003 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (PALH, Santa Monica, CA, 2009)
Reviewed by School Library Journal Book Review, May 1, 2010 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
A LA CARTE FOOD AND FICTION edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa (Anvil, Philippines, 2007)
Reviewed by Anna Barbara L. Lorenzo for Business World Weekender, March 2-, 2007 available through the editor's website (click on book cover)
Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipinos: An Anthology of Philippine-Australian Writings edited by Jose Wendell P. Capili and John Cheeseman.
Reviewed by Sheila Bare for Galatea Resurrects, May 2015
BABAYLAN: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina-American Writers co-edited by Nick Carbo and Eileen Tabios (Aunt Lute Press, San Francisco, 2000)
Reviewed by Aileen Ibardaloza for Galatea Resurrects #16, March 2011
Benedicta Takes Wing and Other Stories by Veronica Montes (Philippine American Literary House, 2018)
Reviewed by Tony Robles, Nov. 19, 2018
Reviewed by Michael Czyzniejewski for Story366, July 10, 2018
The Caprices by Sabina Murray (Mariner, 2002)
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, Oct. 16, 2016
THE DRONE OUTSIDE by Kristine Ong Muslim (Elbonvale Chapbook Line #1, 2017)
Reviewed by Djibril Al-Ayad for The Future Fire, Dec., 19, 2017
Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan for Renaissance of a Notebook, Oct. 16, 2016
THE DRONE OUTSIDE by Kristine Ong Muslim (Elbonvale Chapbook Line #1, 2017)
Reviewed by Djibril Al-Ayad for The Future Fire, Dec., 19, 2017
Butterfly Dream by Kristine Ong Muslim (Snuggly Books, U.K., 2016)
Reviewed by Seregil of Rhiminee for Rising Shadow, June 22, 2016
Age of Blight by Kristine Ong Muslim (Unnamed Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Kayla Rae Whitaker for Split Lip Magazine, 2016
Reviewed by Daniel Mark for PLAGUE MOUTH, June 22, 2016
Reviewed by Jim Ruland in San Diego City Beat, March 14, 2016
Reviewed by Asakiyume in Asakiyume Mita, March 14, 2016
Reviewed by Adam Morgan for Electric Lit, Feb. 19, 2016
Reviewed by Kayla Rae Whitaker for Split Lip Magazine, 2016
Reviewed by Daniel Mark for PLAGUE MOUTH, June 22, 2016
Reviewed by Jim Ruland in San Diego City Beat, March 14, 2016
Reviewed by Asakiyume in Asakiyume Mita, March 14, 2016
Reviewed by Adam Morgan for Electric Lit, Feb. 19, 2016
Reviewed by Christopher Allen for Necessary Fiction, January 25, 2016
Reviewed by Krishan Coupland for Neon Magazine, January 14, 2016
Reviewed by Sauleha Kamal for The Missing Slate, January 12, 2016
We Bury the Landscape by Kristine Ong Muslim (Queen’s Ferry Press, 2012)
Reviewed by Michelle Bailat-Jones for Necessary Fiction, March 12, 2012
Reviewed by Colman O Criodain for Gloom Cupboard, August 26, 2012
Reviewed by Hayes Moore for A cappella Zoo, 2012
Reviewed by Laura McDonald for Neon Magazine, July 27, 2012
Reviewed by Peter Tieryas Liu for HTML Giant, May 16, 2012
Reviewed by Jennifer Messner for Books, Personally, March 31, 2012
Other reviews are available through the author’s website
Reviewed by Jose Victor Z. Torres for Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 21, 2016
American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley (W.W. Norton, 2001)
The Last Mistress of Jose Rizal by Brian Ascalon Roley (Curbstone Books / Northwestern University Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #7, December 2018 EXACTLY HERE, EXACTLY NOW by Nadine Sarreal (Giraffe Books, Philippines, 2000)
Reviewed by Howard S. Collins for Philippine American Literary House Zine (nd)
WATERMELON NIGHTS by Greg Sarris (First Edition, Hyperion Books, 1998; Penguin, 1999)
PAGPAG: The Dictator's Aftermath in the Diaspora by Eileen R. Tabios (Paloma Press, 2020)
Reviewed by Noelle de Jesus for Asian Books Blog, Nov. 5, 2020
Reviewed by Renato Redentor Constantino, ABS CBN News, July 2020
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #4, February 2017
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater for Anak Sustra, 2020
Reviewed by Katy Waldman for Slate, February 2012
Reviewed by August Brown for Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2012
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
A River, One-Woman Deep by Linda Ty-Casper (Philippine American Literary House, 2016 / University of Santo Tomas Publishing, 2017)
Reviewed by Maileen Hamto for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S Mangozine #6, June 2018
Review by ForeWord, May 2017
Mayor of the Roses by Marianne Villanueva (Miami University Press, 2005)
Reviewed by Steven Wingate for the short review
Reviewed by Anhoni Patel for SFGate, Jan. 30, 2005
The Music Child & The Mahjong Queen by Alfred A. Yuson (Anvil Publishing, 2016)
Reviewed by Peter Gordon for Asian Review of Books, 2016
INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORIES
"The Feast of All Souls" by Monica Macansantos (published in The Masters Review, 2012)
Reviewed by Ann Graham for Short Stories All The Time, June 10, 2015
"Magnifica Angelica Superable" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (published in Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 74, July 2016)
Reviewed by Charles Payseur in Quick Sip Reviews, July 8, 2016
MULTI-GENRE (w/ Fiction)
SILENCES: The Autobiography of Loss by Eileen R. Tabios (Blue Lion Books, Espoo, Finland / West Hartford, Conn., 2007)
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for Otoliths, February 2008
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED by Eileen R. Tabios (Marsh Hawk Press, New York, 2004)
Reviewed by Anny Ballardini for Jacket, 2008
Reviewed by Thomas Fink for BOOKMARK, 2008
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website
ANTHOLOGIES
Ulirát: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines edited by Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III and Kristine Ong Muslim (Gaudy Boy Translates, 2021)
Reviewed by Christopher Canete Rodriguez Kelly for Mekong Review, May 2021
Fiction by Filipinos in America edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (New Day Publishers, Quezon City, 1993)
Reviewed by Sheng-mei Ma for Pilipinas, Spring 1995 (Michigan State) available through the author's website (click on book cover)
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Anvil, Philippines, 1998)
Reviewed by Harold Augenbraum for MANOA, Summer 2001 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (PALH, Santa Monica, Ca, 2003)
Introduced by Rocio Davis
Reviewed by Frances Bradburn, Booklist, April 2003 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
OTHER REVIEWS are available through the author's website (click on book cover)
Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (PALH, Santa Monica, CA, 2009)
Reviewed by School Library Journal Book Review, May 1, 2010 available through the author's website (click on book cover)
A LA CARTE FOOD AND FICTION edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa (Anvil, Philippines, 2007)
Reviewed by Anna Barbara L. Lorenzo for Business World Weekender, March 2-, 2007 available through the editor's website (click on book cover)
Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipinos: An Anthology of Philippine-Australian Writings edited by Jose Wendell P. Capili and John Cheeseman.
Reviewed by Sheila Bare for Galatea Resurrects, May 2015
BABAYLAN: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina-American Writers co-edited by Nick Carbo and Eileen Tabios (Aunt Lute Press, San Francisco, 2000)
Reviewed by Aileen Ibardaloza for Galatea Resurrects #16, March 2011
Scentsibility edited by Ayo Gutierrez and Edentu Oroso (GMGA Publishing and Pixel and Feather Printing & Digital Services, Philippines, 2020)
Engaged by Shiju H. Pallithazheth for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #10, November 2020
The Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader edited by Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano and Anthony Abulencia Santa Ana (Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., San Francisco, 2018)
Reviewed by Veronica Montes for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #7, December 2018
KUWENTO: LOST THINGS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW PHILIPPINE MYTHS edited by Rachelle Cruz and Melissa Sipin (Carayan Press, San Francisco, 2015)
Introduced by Dean Francis Alfar
Reviewed by Eileen Ramos for Bored to Death Book Club, April 9, 2015
FIELD OF MIRRORS: Anthology of Philippine American Writers edited by Edwin Lozada (Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., San Francisco, 2008)
Reviewed by Patria Rivera in Galatea Resurrects #11, Dec. 16, 2008
The Filipino Literature Issue of The Literary Review edited by Bino A. Realuyo (Farleigh Dickinson University, 2007)
Editor's Introduction in THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #1, September 2015
Peace Mindanao edited by Jaime An Lim (UST Press, Philippines, 2013)
The Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader edited by Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano and Anthony Abulencia Santa Ana (Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., San Francisco, 2018)
Reviewed by Veronica Montes for THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #7, December 2018
KUWENTO: LOST THINGS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW PHILIPPINE MYTHS edited by Rachelle Cruz and Melissa Sipin (Carayan Press, San Francisco, 2015)
Introduced by Dean Francis Alfar
Reviewed by Eileen Ramos for Bored to Death Book Club, April 9, 2015
FIELD OF MIRRORS: Anthology of Philippine American Writers edited by Edwin Lozada (Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., San Francisco, 2008)
Reviewed by Patria Rivera in Galatea Resurrects #11, Dec. 16, 2008
The Filipino Literature Issue of The Literary Review edited by Bino A. Realuyo (Farleigh Dickinson University, 2007)
Editor's Introduction in THE HALO-HALO REVIEW's Mangozine #1, September 2015
Just sent you a link to the Straits Times review of Blood Collected Stories
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