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Ex-Jesuit priest shares life journey in new book

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 11:51 AM

Ibarra M. Gonzalez, the son of late National Artist NVM Gonzalez, has shared his life's journey before and after the priesthood and his struggle for discernment in his new book called "Confessions of an Ex-Jesuit." Read more »

The power of calling out your own BS, according to The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino

Jam Pascual
Posted at Nov 19 03:41 PM

"My own writing is constantly ferreting out my BS all the time," says author Jia Tolentino who was in Manila House recently to talk about her book, Trick Mirror, about self-delusion and finding the sublime in friends Read more »

Memories and dark times: Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen emphasizes power of storytelling

Johanna L. Añes- de la Cruz
Posted at Aug 07 06:43 PM

Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen opened up about growing up as a Vietnamese refugee in California, confronting darkness, and the power of stories in these often turbulent times.    Read more »

Review: Ocean Vuong's debut novel will take you to the edge of love

Jam Pascual
Posted at Jul 27 09:54 AM

In On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, a Vietnamese-American writes letters to his illiterate mother who escaped the war in her country—in the process realizing there simply are things one cannot completely run away from  Read more »

This young adult book by a Fil-Am teacher is the current talk of Amazon

Jacs T. Sampayan
Posted at Jun 25 04:47 PM

The author Randy Ribay of Patron Saints of Nothing is a big believer in seeing multicultural characters in books, particularly those targeted to a younger audience. “When you don’t see yourself in books, you feel alone. That can be really damaging.” Read more »

'I don't want to hide' says Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa

Fiachra Gibbons, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 01:32 PM

The novelist's life changed forever on February 14, 1989, when Iran's spiritual leader ordered Rushdie's execution after branding his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemous. Read more »

Author Lang Leav to visit PH in February

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 01:03 PM

Poet and novelist Lang Leav will return to the Philippines next month. Read more »

Amos Oz, author who chronicled Israel's struggles, dead at 79

Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 02:26 AM

JERUSALEM - Amos Oz, Israel's best-known author and an outspoken supporter of a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians, died of cancer at the age of 79 on Friday, his daughter said.   Read more »

Whizzpopping worlds collide at Roald Dahl Museum

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 04:02 PM

A museum in the same village of Great Missenden where author Roald Dahl lived, reopens to the public on Saturday following an extensive renovation triggered by a flash flood. Read more »

Northern Irish writer Anna Burns wins Booker Prize

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 04:35 PM

Author Anna Burns on Tuesday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel "Milkman." Read more »

Theater review: Dulaang UP opens new season with a play about a play

Fred Hawson
Posted at Sep 19 09:13 AM

"Six Characters in Search of an Author" was part of DUP's maiden season in 1976-77, directed by Tony Mabesa, who 40 years later also directs this new production. Read more »

Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 04:15 PM

British author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Read more »

'Bonfire of the Vanities' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88

Bill Trott, Reuters
Posted at May 16 11:19 AM

Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of "new journalism" who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "The Right Stuff," and "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," has died at the age of 88, his agent said. Read more »