Once upon a time, a wealthy Ilonggo traveled to Europe and put up a photography studio in Barcelona. Born to a Spanish friar and a Filipina businesswoman, Felix Laureano published “the first Filipino photobook” (dedicating it to Juan Luna, his friend) a year before our forefathers’ revolution against Mother Spain. What Anvil Publishing has done… Read More Recuerdos de Filipinas: Memories Before Our Break with Spain
“It is in the everyday experiences of ordinary women that we find true history – the texture of our nation as lived, felt, and dreamed,” writes Zea Asis, one of the contributors to this book about women “navigating a world ablaze.” There is much that makes this book special. The cover alone is a clever… Read More UNWRITTEN WOMEN: You Can’t Spell “Heroism” Without “Her”
“In a way, we were all massacred. Only, some of us were fortunate to have lived through it.” Crimson as arterial blood, the cover of the nonfiction book Rampage : MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott gives an idea of the extremely graphic violence depicted inside. It’s an unputdownable weighty… Read More Rampage: When Manila’s Streets Ran Red with Blood
Summit Books Editor and The Colonial Dept. podcaster Lio Mangubat has written a collection of thirteen essays which were originally broadcast in podcast form during the pandemic. Dalgona coffees and avocado toast lockdown projects are great, but perhaps don’t come close to what Mangubat has done: leave behind a tangible record of esoteric learning that… Read More Local yet Global : A Fun Book on Forgotten Tales from Philippine Colonial History
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