the FWN fifteen
We Filipina Women's Network's 2015 Global 100 Most Influential Women in the World awardees were asked to choose fifteen words that...
Collantes' Book Cover Design
My son, Ryan Akira, designed the book cover, choosing to embed images of the stories which he felt carried special significance. And I...
There Comes a Point When You Exhale
That Whitney Houston song, "Waiting to Exhale", has been a longtime favorite of mine and this line from the song came to me as I watched...
I need a moment
...to move aside the, let's see...one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,...
FilBookFest 3: The 3rd Filipino American International Book Festival
"Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA) and the San Francisco Public Library, along with the Philippine Consulate General of San...
Historical Truths
I requested that you Can it, your Rants, your prima donna Rants But you can’t, Can It. I won’t let you in on my heart’s level of hurt,...
Jesus on the Wall
It was the fragrance of a bar of soap called Bee & Flower Sandalwood that transported me back forty years, to childhood days spent at my...
Beyond Lumpia, Pansit, and Seven Manangs Wild
In this lovely collection, Beyond Lumpia, Pansit, and Seven Manangs Wild, (Eastwind Books, 2014) you'll find two of my pieces: "Agtawid"...
21-day Purification
I percolate my creations in solitude and silence a lot. When I say I don't get out much, I'm really revealing that I don't get here, to...
