Join us for the official
re-launch of
The READ Philippines
- Book Club
Featuring America is
in the Heart: A Personal History, by Carlos Bulosan
Do you look back upon your school days
wishing that you learned more about writers to whom you could relate?
Were your literature classes filled with a lot of Fitzgerald, Hemingway,
and Melville, but not enough Rizal, Bulosan or Hagedorn? If so, then
READ Philippines invites you to participate in a revival of the READ
Philippines Book Club!
Join us as we embark on an exploration
of Filipino and Filipino-American literary greats, past and present.
The writers we explore will fill the void left empty by the Anglo-centric
literary tradition in which we were raised.
Every 1-2 months, the Book Club will
focus on a book by a Filipino or Filipino-American author. Together
with READ Philippines Director John Entrada and Co-lead Mark Bhasin,
participants will be given several weeks to read a chosen book, after
which a Literary Discussion will take place over a weekend brunch or
afternoon tea. At the end of each discussion, participants will have
the opportunity to suggest and vote on the next book.
To kick things off, we will begin by
reading America is in the Heart: A Personal History, by Carlos
Bulosan. A narrative that begins in the 1920s, America is in
the Heart is one of the earliest written accounts of the Filipino-American
immigrant experience. It is a quick read, and a great introduction
to Filipino-American literature.
The Literary Discussion will take place
on Sunday, July 26th, at 3pm, following the Asian American
Film Festival screening of Manilatown is in the Heart. Details
to follow. To receive updates from the book club, CORE members are encouraged
to contact John Entrada, Director of READ Philippines (read@core-nyc.org)
From www.bn.com:
America Is in the Heart,
A Personal History, by Carlos Bulosan. This autobiography
of the Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage
to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer
following the harvest trail in the rural West. Bulosan does not spare
the reader any of the horrors that accompanied the migrant's life; but
his quiet, stoic voice is the most convincing witness to the terrible
events he witnessed.
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