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Paloma books in libraries

You can check these out today!

Library of Congress
Close Apart by Robert Cowan (poetry)
Shellback by Jeanne-Marie Osterman (poetry)*
Seven Skirts by Jacki Rigoni (poetry)
The Good Mother of Marseille by Christopher X. Shade (novel)
Shield the Joyous by Christopher X. Shade (poetry)
The Ruin of Everything by Lara Stapleton (short stories)
Pagpag: The Dictator’s Aftermath in the Diaspora by Eileen R. Tabios
Humanity: An Anthology, volume 1 edited by Eileen R. Tabios (essays)
One, Two, Three: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems by Eileen R. Tabios (poetry)

CALIFORNIA

Daly City Public Library
Diaspora: Volume L by Ivy Alvarez (poetry) 
Glimpses by Leny Mendoza Strobel (essays)
Pagpag: The Dictator’s Aftermath in the Diaspora by Eileen R. Tabios (short stories)
Marcelina by Jean Vengua (poetry)

San Francisco Public Library
Diaspora: Volume L by Ivy Alvarez (poetry)
Marawi by Albert E. Alejo & Eileen R. Tabios (poetry chapbook)
peminology by Melinda Luisa de Jesus (poetry)
After Irma, After Harvey: A Fundraiser on Behalf of Animals by Lisa Suguitan Melnick et al (chapbook)
Seven Skirts by Jacki Rigoni (poetry)
The Ruin of Everything by Lara Stapleton (short stories)
Glimpses by Leny Mendoza Strobel (essays)
The Great American Novel: Selected Visual Poetry 2001-2019 by Eileen R. Tabios (poetry) 
Humanity: An Anthology, volume 1 edited by Eileen R. Tabios (essays)
Manhattan: An Archaeology by Eileen R. Tabios (poetry)
One, Two, Three: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems by Eileen R. Tabios (poetry)

San Mateo County Libraries
Seven Skirts by Jacki Rigoni (poetry)
Humanity: An Anthology, volume 1 edited by Eileen R. Tabios (essays) 

South San Francisco Public Library
Humanity: An Anthology, volume 1 edited by Eileen R. Tabios (essays)

Stanford Libraries
Blue by Reme Grefalda & Wesley St. Jo (poetry)
Humanity: An Anthology, volume 1 edited by Eileen R. Tabios (essays)
One, Two, Three: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems by Eileen R. Tabios (poetry)

NEW YORK

New York Public Library
Shellback by Jeanne-Marie Osterman (poetry)
The Ruin of Everything by Lara Stapleton (short stories)

Poets House
Diaspora: Volume L by Ivy Alvarez
Humors by Joel Chace
Close Apart by Robert Cowan
My Beauty is an Occupiable Space: 37 Prosed Sonnets by Anne Gorrick & John Bloomberg-Rissman
peminology by Melinda Luisa de Jesus
After Irma, After Harvey: A Fundraiser on Behalf of Animals by Lisa Suguitan Melnick et al (chapbook)
Shield the Joyous by Christopher X. Shade
Anne with an E & Me by Wesley St. Jo
Blue by Wesley St. Jo & Reme Grefalda
The Great American Novel: Selected Visual Poetry 2001-2019 by Eileen R. Tabios
Manhattan: An Archaeology by Eileen R. Tabios
Marawi by Eileen R. Tabios & Albert E. Alejo (chapbook)
One, Two, Three: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems by Eileen R. Tabios

*Gratitude also to the following libraries for acquiring a copy of Jeanne-Marie Osterman’s Shellback: Yale Club Library, NYC; Albert Wisner Public Library, NY; Gonzaga U Library, Spokane; Everett High School Library, Everett, Washington; Everett Public Library.

The Free Lance-Star reviews TRoE

Nicholas Addison Thomas of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg reviews Lara Stapleton’s The Ruin of Everything:

“It’s easy to see why Lara Stapleton has won several awards for her writing. Few authors can explore the human condition with such force that it raises eyebrows and stirs the soul simultaneously.

“Find out for yourself by reading her new book, “The Ruin of Everything,” a short story collection anchored in musings about biracial identities, brokenness and the comic chaos of modern life.”

Read the article here.

TRoE in The News International

Lara Stapleton’s The Ruin of Everything is reviewed in The News International, Pakistan’s largest English language newspaper! Gratitude to author and book critic Moazzam Sheikh.

“In Lara Stapleton’s The Ruin of Everything, stories dealt with issues of bifurcated identities and self-confidence or the lack thereof in the lives of Filipino Americans and how they negotiate their conflicting, slippery claims on the New York and/or Manila states of mind.”

One to One with Sheryl McCarthy & Lara Stapleton

Sheryl McCarthy, journalist and host of “One to One,” interviews Lara Stapleton! The show will be streamed on CUNY TV on the following dates:

Here are all of the air times (Eastern Time):
Tuesday, December 7 – 9:00pm
Thursday, December 9 – 6:00am, 12:00pm
Saturday, December 11 – 8:00pm
Sunday, December 12 – 8:00am

CUNY TV airs on these channels in NYC:
Spectrum/Optimum 75 | RCN 77 | Verizon FiOS 30 | Digital Antenna 25.3

Pushcart & Best of the Net Nominees

Congratulations to this year’s Pushcart & Best of the Net nominees!

Jeanne-Marie Osterman, Jacki Rigoni, Lara Stapleton (Paloma Press)

Cole Eubanks, Eugene Gloria, Veronica Kornberg, Jenna Le, Esteban Rodriguez, James J. Siegel (MiGoZine, Pushcart)

Tamiko Beyer, Karla Brundage, Clara Hsu, Hilary King, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Timothy Liu (MiGoZine, Best of the Net)

Eileen Tabios Engages TROE

“If you could only read one of the nine short stories, “New” makes the release of the entire book worthwhile. And “Flesh and Blood” also passed my key test as not just a reader but a writer: the story made me want to run to my own pen or keyboard to write. The stories are engaging but the writing is also a writer’s writer’s delight: characterizations are not just deep but sumptuous, structures are not just innovative but fresh, and the narratives are both finely detailed but interspersed with psychological caesuras for maximizing the reader’s inhabitance.”

Continue reading Tabios’ engagement of Lara Stapleton’s The Ruin of Everything in The Halo-Halo Review.