Readings: Loss and Grief

“People in the War” by Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1962)

Found in Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women in English (1996)

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“Trinidad’s Brooch” by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (1987)

Found in Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women in English (1996)

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“Katipunera” by Elsa Martinez-Coscolluela 

Found in Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction (1995)

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“Blasted Hopes” by Leona Florentino (1880)

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“Gift to the Earth” by Lina Espina-Moore (1975)

Found in Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women in English (1996)

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“The Son” by Jesus Balmori (1936)

Found in Philippine Short Stories in Spanish 1900-1941 (1989)

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“Rosa” by Nerisa del Carmen Guevara

Found in Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction (1995)