Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists
This is a really interesting read for emerging Filipino American performing artist. I highly recommend it because it talks about their experiences & their creative processes that is insightful and at the same time, relates to your own experiences as an artist.
Other reviews:
” Fusing history, culture, jazz, and art, Stage Presence is one big happening jam session featuring ten Filipino American performing artists rapping on their craft, their process, their defiance to be boxed in by the category-obsessed American market, and their hunger and struggles necessary to stay true to their vision, identity, and art. “–R. Zamora Linmark, author of Rolling the R s, Prime Time Apparitions and Leche
“When the New York Times looks at Filipinos, it sees only house maids and cooks, copycats, and mimics. But when scholar and artist Theo Gonzalves looks at and talks with his compatriots, he sees stunningly original and creative thinkers who use an eclectic range of forms and methods to make art and perform culture. This book is dizzy and alive with the Filipino soul. Read at your own risk! “–Karin Aguilar-San Juan, editor of The State of Asian America
BlAsian & Rebels
Kakapanood ko lang ng “Kababayan” sa LA18 at medyo natuwa ako sa pinalabas nila kanina kaya eto ish-share ko din sa inyo 
Sana magustuhan nyo din…
BlAsian Exchanges, a novel
“I am very proud of my Filipino American ethnic heritage and Asian American racial heritage. But my social and political roots are Black. Thus, my attraction for Black culture and Black women. I see myself as a polycultural person: i.e., one whose different cultural personae coexists in one person. A dude who on the one hand relishes his need and desire to learn Tagalog and Ilokano while at the same time expressing himself in the latest Ebonics-laden phraseology learned from watching B.E.T. or testifyin’ with my homeys near the State Building in Oakland where I work. This is my world! And narrating it is why I decided to write BlAsian Exchanges.” – Sam Cacas of BlAsian Exchanges
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Rebels of Mindanao: A Novel by Tom Anthony
“Tom Anthony is a West Point Graduate and combat veteran who spent his professional civilian career living in Austria, Spain, Japan, England, and Poland. He has worked in global business throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Anthony also lived in Mindanao for three years. He currently lives in California with his family. This is his first novel.”
