Eileen R. Tabios Appears...: 2015

Friday, December 11, 2015

FOR BARBARA JANE REYES' TO LOVE AS ASWANG!

I was blessed to do a live interview/conversation, along with Jay Santa Cruz, with Barbara Jane Reyes on her latest book during its launch. Info and photos below!

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The crowd begins to gather--shown here are Edwin Lozada, Karen Llagas and Steve Dickison with Barbara Jane Reyes.

Consul General Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. welcomes guests to the Social Hall.

Helping pitch books was Prof. Myke Gonzalez who would also introduce Barbara.

Karen Llagas, Edwin Lozada, Oscar Bermeo and Barbara.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

EAST WIND BOOKS READING, BERKELEY

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Maraming Salamat to Maganda Magazine and Eastwind Books for sponsoring today's reading with Barbara Jane Reyes and Arlene Biala. It was such a pleasure to read with Arlene and Barbara (thanks for the idea and inviting me, Barbara), and of course it didn't hurt that Erika of the fabulous KROAKLAND was the one fortuitously to helm the bookstore that day, which is to say, a fabulous platter of her Kanom Krok was available for snacks. Kanom Krok is specialty Thai dessert made from coconut milk, rice flour, sugar, and salt. As well, it is vegan and gluten-free. Here's Erika:

Wait, this report was about the poetry reading ... gotta get moi brain out of the food gutter. So, here are pics of the lovely event! (Click on images to enlarge.)

Attendees included Marian Cordon, Edwin Lozada, Arlene, Barbara, Moi,

Ryan Kitchell, and Joeminel Docuyanan

INVENT(ST)ORY and other books by Eileen: NOTA BENE EISWEIN, SUN STIGMATA and REPRODUCTIONS OF THE EMPTY FLAGPOLE

A crowd of other writers!

Arlene! So honored she has my book!

Marian and Joeminel of Maganda did Intros.

With Veronica Montes and Oscar Bermeo

Barbara and Arlene check out the bookshelves of "Asian American Literature,"

including close-ups below:

I am grateful Eastwind is stocking so many of my books, as well as books I've published through Meritage Press, including books by Luis H. Francia, Jean Vengua, Aileen Ibardaloza and Karen Llagas. Check out all these lovely offerings in Berkeley!

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THE EVENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT

Eileen Tabios will read with Barbara Jane Reyes and Arlene Biala!

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, 3 p.m.
East Wind Books
2066 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 548-2350

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Information about the three authors -- who've all just released new books -- is available if you click on their names:

Arlene Biala

Barbara Jane Reyes

Eileen R. Tabios

Monday, November 2, 2015

"WRITERS ON WRITING" at SF STATE

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Eileen R. Tabios appeared at San Francisco State University's "Writers on Writing" series to read poetry and discuss creative writing. Here are photos from the wonderful and wonderfully-engaged event:

(Poet-professor Robert Gluck presents Introduction)

(Some students in line for the book signing)

(Ruth from Modern Times supports the book sales!)

Prior to the event, here was info from SF State's website:

Writers on Writing: Eileen Tabios

Monday, November 2, 2015, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Eileen Tabios reads from and discusses her collection of poems, prose and visual poetry, The Light Sang As It Left Your Eyes: OurAutobiography (Marsh Hawk Press). Free.

Location:

Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium

Sponsor:

Creative Writing Department

Contact:

Creative Writing Department

E-mail:

cwriting@sfsu.edu

Phone:

415-338-1891

Event extras:

Tabios has written 19 poetry collections an art essay collection, a poetry essay/interview anthology and a short-story collection. In her poetry, she has crafted a body of work that is unique for melding ekphrasis with transcolonialism, and her poems have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Tagalog and Japanese.

The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public on Mondays this semester. Taught by Robert Glück, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

LITQUAKE SAN FRANCISCO, 2015

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Eileen Tabios participateD in a reading for two Bay Area journals, ELEVEN ELEVEN and Fourteen Hills during LitQuake San Francisco on Saturday, October 17, 2015. The 6-7 p.m. reading will take place at

Flax art & design
1699 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

EVENT INFORMATION LINK

Some Photos (click to enlarge):

A Welcome under the Stars!

Phillip Barron

Chris Ames

A lovely crowd!

Peter Bullen

Eileen Tabios & Avatar

Featuring:

GABRIEL HOUCK studies in the creative writing PhD program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. His work has appeared in PANK, Lunch Ticket, and Fourteen Hills.

PHILLIP BARRON teaches philosophy and humanities at Woodland Community College. His first collection of poetry, What Comes from a Thing will be released by Fourteen Hills Press.

CHRIS AMES is a writer who also draws. His work has been featured in Small Po[r]tions, Eleven Eleven, Midway Journal, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. You can visit him at chrisames.net

PETER BULLEN’s work explores the tender, the disappointing, and the preposterous; desire and its consequences, in other words. He was chosen as a Quiet Lightning Neighborhood Hero in 2014. His work has appeared in sPARKLE & bLINK and Blotterature. Blogs at WETRIEDOURBEST.WORDPRESS.COM.

ALLISON DELAUER’s recent texts have appeared or are forthcoming in Catamaran Literary Reader and Weatherings. Her performance collaboration, Umanità: Book I, premiered at Teatro dei Venti in Modena, Italy, in 2013. She lives in Oakland, California and works with organizations that promote social change, the arts, and, conservation.

EILEEN R. TABIOS’ most recent books include the experimental autobiography Against Misanthropy: A Life in Poetry and the poetry collections I Forgot Light Burns and Sun Stigmata (Sculpture Poems). More information is available at http://eileenrtabios.com/

Here's some general info from last year's annual event:

The tenth annual Lit Crawl will span over three hours in the Mission District's Valencia Street corridor, featuring an astonishing 101 literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station.

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco's Lit Crawl attracts close to 10,000 people, and is the world’s largest such event. In 2008 Lit Crawl NYC launched in Manhattan, also an immediate hit. Austin was next, swarming for the first time in 2011. In 2012, we birthed two more Lit Crawls, one in Brooklyn, another in Seattle. In 2013, we expanded to Los Angeles, Iowa City, and London, and in 2014, Lit Crawls were launched in Miami and Helsinki.Get drunk on words!

You can click HERE to see what last year's Lit Crawl was like, and this coming October crawl should be just as fun!

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

AMERICAN CANYON CELEBRATES FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH!

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I was invited to celebrate October as Filipino American History Month over at the American Canyon Public Library. I decided to go as I thought I then could go to neighboring city Vallejo afterwards for dinner. I should have known better -- this being a Filipino affair, there was plenty of food for dinner and take-home! Then, I hadn't actually realized so many of my books were in the area's public library system and it was an unexpected treat to see them displayed. Food and books -- what a fabulous evening! Thanks to librarian Ricah Quinto and poet-professor Janet Stickmon for organizing the affair. Both deserve Kudos -- I believe Ricah set up the first Fil-am History celebration for the area's public library system; Janet is not only an accomplished poet/performer but helped set up the Philippine Studies program at Napa Valley Community College. Here's a visual coverage!