Filipino-American writer Lysley Tenorio is coming to Manila for a talk and book signing on February 9, 2013, 4 pm, at the new National Book Store flagship in Glorietta 1.
Monstress is a collection of Tenorio’s short stories that explore the clash and meld of disparate cultures. It includes Monstress, The Brothers, Felix Starro, The View from Culion, Superassassin, Help, Save the I-Hotel and L’amour, CA. Nominated in the National Magazine Award, the title story Monstress tells the story of a has-been movie director and his leading lady who travel from Manila to Hollywood for one last chance at stardom, unaware of what they truly stand to lose.
Lysley Tenorio is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, he has received a Whiting Writer’s Award, and fellowships from the University of Wisconsin, Phillips Exeter Academy and the National Endowment for the Arts among others. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Zoetrope: All-Story, Ploughshares, Manoa, The Chicago Tribune, and The Best New American Voices and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Currently, he is an associate professor at Saint Mary’s College of California.
This event is made possible in partnership with Best Western Premier F1 Hotel, the official residence of Lysley Tenorio in Manila.
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