Irineo Carbonel, the author's grandfather and the inspiration behind her story on the manong and Carlos Bulosan, stands in the backyard of his Orange, New Jersey house with his daughters, Dolores ...
It is another warm summer morning in the city and I am listening to nostalgic, sentimental songs that melt the heart. It is time for me to write my weekly column, a few days ahead of its Friday ...
“You Filipinos may have invented chicken adobo,” says Chuck Miller, a.k.a. Daanaxh.ils’eikh, the cultural liaison of the Sitka Tribe, “but we Tlingit perfected it.” A professional storyteller, he has ...
Lauren Soriente’s grandfather told her that he expected her to pay for her younger sister’s college tuition. When he was growing up in the Philippines, the oldest sibling paid for their younger ...
BORN and raised in the United States, Alas Pilipinas’ Jackson Reed finally got to live his Filipino grandfather's dream for him. The 6-foot-1 Fil-American outside hitter made his sought-after national ...
As I interviewed Patrick Rosal about our shared roots for USA TODAY's Never Been Told project, the Filipino-American poet told me, “It became very easy for me to talk with these ghosts. The ghosts of ...