THIRD BI-ANNUAL FILBOOKFEST, SAN FRANCISCO!

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Some post-event coverage HERE.

Eileen Tabios participated in the Third Filipino American International Book Festival (FilBookFest) on October 2-4, 2015 at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Her events took place Saturday, Oct. 3:

Her first event was "Fil-Am Lit," a panel presenting Filipino-American writers starting at 11 am.  She will be joined by Luis H. Francia, Barbara Jane Reyes and Erin Entrada Kelly. Moderator: Cecilia Brainard.

Her second event was a "Hot Off the Presses" reading with other newly-published authors starting at 1:45 p.m. Moderator: fictionist Cecilia Brainard.

Her third event was a panel on young adult and/or children's literature with other panelists are Erin Entrada Kelly and Candy Gourlay and moderator James Sobredo.

The following presents a photo-coverage from her blog, EILEEN VERBS BOOKS:

At Third Filipino-American International Book Festival with Karen Llagas (2nd from left) and starting with 5th from left, Edwin Lozada, Cecilia Brainard, Eileen Tabios, Luis Francia, Barbara Jane Reyes, Erin Kelly, Nikki Alfar, Lisa Suguitan Melnick and Dean Alfar.

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Big Book Weekend! Above is a shot of just some of the books I picked up at the Third Filipino-American International Book Festival. Karma smiled as I discover when reading through the first book of the pile, Mg Roberts' not so, sea that one of my poems is excerpted into an epigraph next to a quote from Helene Cixous-woot! 

And let me not forget to mention picking up four promised reviews for the next Halo-Halo Review!  Anyway, here are some photos from the Book Festival as I womanned the Meritage Press Book Table with the fetching assistance of Michelle Bautista's daughter, Gabriella:

(Karen Llagas with her book, ARCHIPELAGO DUST!)

(Poet-fictionist Oscar Penaranda with a copy of VERSES TYPHOON YOLANDA!)

(Poet Amy Pabalan peruses Meritage Press' books!)

P.S.  SUN STIGMATA apparently has many suns ... as it should:

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The total FilBook Fest schedule, with locations, is available HERE.

FilBookFest also celebrates Filipino American History Month. The festival included book displays with book sales and signings.  Here's a video:

https://youtu.be/GqGTnOr6Ow8

FilBookFest's sponsors include Philippine-American Writers and Artists (PAWA) and the San Francisco Public Library.

INVENT(ST)ORY BOOK LAUNCH AT U.C. BERKELEY!

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INVENT(ST)ORY: Selected Catalog Poems & New

was officially launched Sept. 25, 2015 at U.C. Berkeley (original public notice below).  Here are some pics!

(Book with melted Halo-Halo--what's not to like?!)

(first-time attendees at a poetry reading!)

(w/ home-made cochinta by Maganda editor Marian Gordon!)

(Marian with current issue of MAGANDA!)

(Michelle Bautista)

(roses from Joi Barrios)

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Here is the original invitation:

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO

a book launch, reading, discussion addressing varied topics like activism, aesthetics and "Life as an Artist" with
Eileen R. Tabios

on Friday, September 25, 2015*
6-8 pm
Ethnic Studies Library, 30 Stephens Hall
U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

{m}aganda magazine, "the longest-running Filipino-American literary arts publication in the nation," as well as the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library sponsor this event which also serves as the official book launch for Ms. Tabios' newest book,

INVENT(ST)ORY: Selected Catalog Poems & New

BIO: 

Eileen R. Tabios is a poet, fictionist, cultural activist, critic, publisher, editor and visual artist. She loves books, and thus has released about 30 collections of poetry, essays, fiction and experimental biographies from publishers in nine countries and cyberspace. She has also edited or conceptualized ten anthologies, including VERSES TYPHOON YOLANDA, a fundraising anthology for Haiyan survivors that involved 133 poems by Filipino poets from around the world. She believes in no separation between “life” and “art.” A long-time contributor to {m}aganda, she received her B.A. in Political Science from Barnard College and M.B.A. in economics and international business from New York University’s Graduate School of Business. More information is available at http://eileenrtabios.com

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 

Eileen R. Tabios’ second “Selected” poems book, INVENT(ST)ORY, focuses on the “list poem” form and presents poems written over the past 19 years. Despite the specificity of the form, the poems address a large variety of themes and styles. Covered topics include Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship, mail order brides, the 200 million-plus orphans worldwide, the U.S. war in Iraq and balikbayan boxes. Poetic styles addressed include the lyric, abstraction, footnote poems and randomly-generated poetry. Poet-scholar Thomas Fink says about INVENT(ST)ORY, “In the United States, the catalog or list poem first made its appearance in the work of Walt Whitman, who himself was evidently influenced by Old Testament verse-lists. Like Whitman, [Eileen] Tabios has prioritized democratic impulses in the conscious shaping and articulation of her poetics. However, while Whitman stands as a figure claiming centrality for his American-ness and for an idea of “America,” Tabios’ transcolonial subjectivity has done much to shape her poetics.” More book information is available at http://eileenrtabios.com/poetry/inventstory-selected-catalogue-poems-new/

MARSH HAWK PRESS BOOK NEW YORK LAUNCH, MAY 2015

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Eileen R. Tabios was among the Marsh Hawk Press authors who launched on May 17, 2015 their new books released Winter 2014-Spring 2015.  Together, the five featured poets presented a good variety of the possibilities of Poetry.  A visual report of the vibrant event is available HERE:

(Click to enlarge)

Christina Olivares: No Map of the Earth Includes Stars 

Jon Curley: Hybrid Moments

Jane Augustine: KRAZY: Visual Poems and Performance Scripts

Basil King: The Spoken Word / The Painted Hand from Learning to Draw / A History

Sharon Dolin: the 2nd printing of Serious Pink

and Eileen Tabios: SUN STIGMATA (Sculpture Poems).

The launch will take place in New York City, May 15, 2015, 7 pm, at the wonderful Poets House.   The event with bounteous wine and appetizers is free and open to the public.

At Poets House

A POETRY SLAM!

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Eileen Tabios helped judge a Teen Poetry slam in Napa, California.  Prizes included copies of her book MENAGE A TROIS WITH THE 21ST CENTURY!  She also performed a poem from NOTA BENE EISWEIN.  


The Napa Valley Register also covered the event.

Click to enlarge the visual coverage below:

(Napa Library Poetry Display)

(Some of the Teen Poets)

(Napa Librarian Ricah Quinto announcing the winners)

(One of the judges, Glynda Velasco, also performed some of her "Spoken Word"!)

(Event Flyer)