The Halo-Halo Review: THE HALO-HALO REVIEW'S MANGOZINE--ISSUE NO. 19

THE HALO-HALO REVIEW presents The Mangozine which features new reviews and serves as the online publisher for reviews and other engagements (e.g. book introductions) published in print but not yet available within the internet. Other features, including author interviews and reader testimonials, also will be presented. The following presents a Table of Contents for Issue 19 -- CLICK on links to go to the reviews.

Submission deadline for the 20th issue has been set at Nov. 15, 2025 (though we will take reviews sooner than the deadline if that is more convenient for the reviewers and feature writers).

ISSUE 19

(June 2025)

Editor's Note: Welcome to the 19th issue of THE HALO-HALO REVIEW where we provide engagements with Filipino-Pilipinz literature and art and authors/artists through reviews and engagements, interviews and other prose. We hope readers, writers, artists, and publishers will continue to participate and share information about numerous Filipino authors and the wide variety of their writings.

I. NEW REVIEWS AND ENGAGEMENTS

Poeta en San Francisco by Barbara Jane Reyes (Tinfish Press, 2005)

Reviewed by Michael Caylo-Baradi

The Balikbayan Artist by Eileen R. Tabios (Penguin Random House SEA, 2024)
Reviewed by Lynn M. Grow

Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, PhD with Gayle Romasanta, and illustrated by Andre Sibayan (Bridge Delta, 2018)

Reviewed by Rachielle Ragasa Sheffler

Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin (Viking Books For Young Readers, 2024)

Reviewed by Nathaniel Glanzman

The Secret Lives of OFWs by Jet Tagasa (Penguin Random House SEA, 2025)

Engaged by Eileen Tabios

Prayer Seasons by Hansel Mapayo (Aria Editions, 2011)

Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan

AGIMAT by Romalyn Ante (Chatto & Windus / Penguin Random House UK, 2024)

Engaged by Eileen Tabios

LIVES REMEMBERED: A Memoir by Linda Ty-Casper (PALH, 2025)

Reviewed by Lynn M. Grow

Go HERE for Flash Reviews of Will You Tell Me What I Look Like by Raphael Atienza Coronel (UST (Publishing House, 2023); Sa Ika-Ilang Sirkulo ng Impiyerno by Miguel Paolo Celestial (Balangay Books, 2022); Leviathan Days by Joel Vega (UST Publishing House, 2023); and Manansala by Enrique S. Villasis (UST Publishing House, 2023)

Reviewed by Aloysiusi Polintan

II. FEATURES

"A Feminist Constellation Led Me Home: Reflections on Ate Perla Paredes Daly’s Work" by Lisa Factora-Borchers

"Mondrian's Denouement: The Hills of Dermis" by Jose Tence Ruiz

“Swerves of Deracination: Remapping the Diasporic Experience” by E. San Juan, Jr.

"The Early Short Stories of Linda Ty-Casper" by Lynn M. Grow

"The First Filipino Nobel Peace Prize Laureate — and why her fight still matters" by Nicole Ponseca

An Ilokano Feast Curated by Elizabeth Ann Quirino

III. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, POST-BOOK

Tony Robles

Luisa A. Igloria

IV. READERS SHOW SOME LOVE TO FILIPINO AUTHORS