Cutting Asparagus in Gonzales, California — Spring 1965

Cutting Asparagus in Gonzales, California — Spring 1965

Farmworker-Soldier-Historian Alex Fabros, Jr. shares the second part of his Filipino American memoir.

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Winter in the Imperial Valley: Lettuce Season, 1965

Winter in the Imperial Valley: Lettuce Season, 1965

Farmworker-Soldier-Historian Alex Fabros, Jr. shares the first part of his Filipino American memoir.

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Ninoy Is Dead, 1983

Ninoy Is Dead, 1983

A fraternity brother of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. recalls the impact of the latter’s political assassination on his life as a graduate student/journalist in the US.

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How Chuck Mangione Helped Filipino Street Children

How Chuck Mangione Helped Filipino Street Children

Jazz pop great Chuck Mangione, who died last July played a role in the birth of Philippine International Aid, which helps send street children to school.

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Kulintang in Den Hohen Alpen

Kulintang in Den Hohen Alpen

When kulintang musicians brought the spirits of their instruments to welcoming Switzerland.

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How Vietnam War Vets Wrestled with the Shadows of the Toxic Orange Mist

How Vietnam War Vets Wrestled with the Shadows of the Toxic Orange Mist

A Filipino American veteran of the U.S. war in Vietnam recounts the illnesses he has suffered from exposure to the toxic chemical weapon Agent Orange and his peers’ long fight for recognition and redress.

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Pass the Turkey, I’m Gay

Pass the Turkey, I’m Gay

How to come out to your family

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Notes on Our Life in Today’s China

Notes on Our Life in Today’s China

Temporary expats’ random observations on life in today’s China.

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Our Kitchens, Ourselves

Our Kitchens, Ourselves

Written mostly by Theresians (St. Theresa’s College alums), this anthology has something for every taste profile.

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In Seventh Heaven on Mother’s Day

In Seventh Heaven on Mother’s Day

A list-obsessed writer ponders the number 7’s mystical significance for his Mother’s Day.

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