TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Letter about When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Letter about When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

Christmas 2011

Dearest Cecilia,
Thank you so much for writing "When the Rainbow Goddess Wept." It's one of the most endearing books I've read for a long time. My Lolo told us stories about the war and the flight of the Filipinos to hide and it made it all too life-like while reading your book. Thank you so much for all that you do and all the pro-Filipino things you write. I will always keep you, Yvonne and stories of Old Cebu in my heart.

Sincerely,
Christopher Ganio

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.