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Marianne Villanueva MA was born and raised in the Philippines, received a creative writing fellowship from Stanford University, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Residents of the Deep: Stories (Unsolicited Press, August 2025). Her novella, Jenalyn, was a finalist for the UK’s Saboteur Award. Her first story collection, Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila, was a finalist for the Philippines' National Book Award. Her second collection, Mayor of the Roses, was the inaugural publication of the Miami University Press Fiction Series. She teaches for UCLA Extension’s Writers Program and has just completed a collection of linked stories set in 16th century Philippines. Working Title: Magellan’s Mirror.
Karen Llagas author of All of Us Are Cleaved recently published by Nomadic Press in 2023. Her first collection of poetry, Archipelago Dust, was published by Meritage Press in 2010. Look her work in Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (Paloma Press, 2023). She teaches Filipino at UC Berkeley and divides her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles. You can find more at www.karenllagas.com
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Join us for a Reading and Author Interview in Honor of Filipino American History Month with -
Marianne Villanueva MA was born and raised in the Philippines, received a creative writing fellowship from Stanford University, and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Residents of the Deep: Stories (Unsolicited Press, August 2025). Her novella, Jenalyn, was a finalist for the UK’s Saboteur Award. Her first story collection, Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila, was a finalist for the Philippines' National Book Award. Her second collection, Mayor of the Roses, was the inaugural publication of the Miami University Press Fiction Series. She teaches for UCLA Extension’s Writers Program and has just completed a collection of linked stories set in 16th century Philippines. Working Title: Magellan’s Mirror.
Karen Llagas author of All of Us Are Cleaved recently published by Nomadic Press in 2023. Her first collection of poetry, Archipelago Dust, was published by Meritage Press in 2010. Look her work in Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (Paloma Press, 2023). She teaches Filipino at UC Berkeley and divides her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles. You can find more at www.karenllagas.com
Sponsored by Friends of the Redwood City Public Library
More Information
Contact: Roz Kutler
Phone: (650)780-7058
Email: rkutler@redwoodcity.org