Fil-Am author

Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” is flying off the shelves as it went on sale today, with some bookstores selling out fast. It had already reached number 1 on Amazon’s...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike” is a collection of short stories and poems written by Fil-Am poet and activist, Tony Robles. The book was partly inspired by the “Frisco 5” hunger strikers — who...

A book deal from one of the country’s most high profile undocumented Filipinos. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist turned immigrant rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas has signed a book deal with Harper Collins Imprint Dey Street Books. Vargas,...

NEW YORK — Filipina investigative journalist Raissa Robles is on a US tour promoting her book called “Marcos Martial Law: Never Again.” “It is meant actually to break the silence on the torture and atrocities that...

SAN FRANCISCO — Marivi Soliven, author of “The Mango Bride,” joined the roster of featured writers last Saturday at the 4th Filipino American International Book Festival. The Palanca award-winner promoted her latest book, “The Rizal Dance Hall...

DANIA BEACH, FL — Fernando Kuehnel is now living his American dream in the sunshine state. But all these did not come easy. From pushing a kariton cart as an orphan to driving a Porsche Carerra in Florida...

NEW YORK — Poet, author and spoken word artist Patrick Rosal is the recipient of the 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry. The prestigious Guggenheim fellowship is an award worth more than $43,000, given to those...

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and as we wrap up the festivities, a group of Filipinos are flipping the pages to make sure Filipino history lives on.  Among the shelves of the Los Angeles...

“The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race” has been out since March of last year. For its author, Fil-Am associate professor at Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Anthony Christian Ocampo, the book is a...