THE HALO HALO REVIEW'S MANGOZINE--ISSUE 20

 In addition to aggregating reviews from the internet, 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 20 — CLICK on links to go to the reviews.

Submission deadline for the 21st issue has been set at May 15, 2026 (though we will take reviews sooner than the deadline if that is more convenient for the reviewers).

ISSUE 20

(November  2025)

Editor's Note:  Welcome to the 20th 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.  SPECIAL FOCUS: LINDA TY-CASPER

Lives Remembered—Eileen Tabios reviews a memoir by Linda Ty-Casper

"Running Secretly, Singing," A Poem by Linda Ty-Casper

"The Revelation of Linda Ty-Casper's Poem, 'Running Secretly, Singing" by Eileen Tabios

"Linda Ty-Casper's 'Running Secretly, Singing'" by Lynn M. Grow

"The Early Short Stories of Linda Ty-Casper" by Lynn M. Grow [from HHR #19]

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

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

 Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark? Remembering Leonard Casper--Eileen Tabios reviews a biography by Linda Ty-Casper of her husband Leonard Casper

II.  NEW REVIEWS AND ENGAGEMENTS

MODERATION by Elaine Castillo (Viking, 2025)

Engaged by Eileen Tabios

KalapatingLeon by Eileen R. Tabios, Trans. by Danton Remoto (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2024)

Reviewed by Angela Maria "Blythe" Tabios

How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo (Penguin Random House, 2022)

Reviewed by Jee Leong Koh

Boy's Love by Danton Remoto (Penguin Random House SEA, 2025)

Engaged by Eileen Tabios

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow Books, 2025)

Engaged by Elizabeth Ann Quirino

Residents of the Deep by Marianne Villanueva (Unsolicited Press, 2025)

Engaged by Eileen Tabios

III.  FEATURES

"Translation as the Monster in the Mirror" by Ralph Semino Galán

"Mixtapes of Power and Memory: Jessica Hagedorn and the Art of Diaspora" by Alex S. Fabros, Jr.

"Remembering Nick Carbo (1964-2024) for reintroducing 'Social Consciousness and Revolt in Modern Philippine Poetry'" by E. San Juan, Jr.

"Notes on the Concept of Balikbayan, Notes on Eileen R. Tabios’ novel The Balikbayan Artist" by Michael Caylo-Baradi

At Age 85, Rene J. Navarro Looks Back At His Poetry

"Early Childhood in Bamban" by Rene J. Navarro

Rene J. Navarro on Creating a New Future for His Extensive Library

"Thoughts on Appearing in BEST AMERICAN POETRY" by Jose Padua 

"Peter Bacho: An Essay on Life, Place, and the Arc of Seven Books" by Alex S. Fabros, Jr.

"'As If': A Root Poem for a New Poetic Series" by Eileen R. Tabios (with Al Filreid and Kate Colby)

IV. POETRY-IN-PROGRESS

Luisa A. Igloria: "When Thinking in the Language of Poems Becomes Thinking of Angels"

Eileen R. Tabios: "Rewriting History: An Innocent Version"

V. AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, POST-BOOK

Vince Gotera: Dragons & Rayguns

Eric Valles: After the Fall / Despues de la Caida

VI. READERS SHOW SOME LOVE TO FILIPINO AUTHORS
Go HERE to read:

Rachielle Sheffler on The Talusan Sisters: Grace, Liza, and Mary

Eileen Tabios on Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo

Ava Avila on F.H. Batacan
Eileen Tabios on Elaine Castillo
Angelo V. Suarez on Ned Parfan
Eileen Tabios on Joel Vega

VII. LIT IN 5!

Eileen R. Tabios and Aileen Cassinetto: On Engkanto in the Diaspora and An Immigrant's Guide to Navigating Borders and Bodies of Water

VIII. FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE/REPRINTS

From Books: Introductions, Prefaces, Forewords, Afterwords, Author's Notes & Other Prose

An Introduction by Luisa A. Igloria to The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders, edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto and David Hassler (Paloma Press / Poets for Science / United by Nature / Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, 2025)

A Preface to RECOGNIZING APOLINARIO MABINI: Inquiries into the Struggle for Justice and Sovereignty by E. San Juan, Jr. (University of the Philippines Press, 2024)