Readings: The Performance of Gender

“The Secret Language” by Ma. Luisa B. Aguilar-Cariño (1990)

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


“Dream Country” by Jesus Balmori (1907)

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


“Maria de las Flores” by Marjorie Evasco (1988)

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


“Simbang Gabi” by Michelle Cruz Skinner (1988)

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


“Redemption” by Jesus Balmori (1920)

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


“Firstborn” by Maria Luisa B. Aguilar Cariño 

Found in The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1995 (1996)


“The Star” by Lilledeshan Bose

Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers (2000)


“Tsismis” by Erna Hernandez

Found in Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers (2000)


“New Heart” by Rafael Palma (1902)

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


“To be Walang Hiya” by Barbara Jane Reyes