#barbara jane reyes

[blueiight]

I am the bad daughter, the freedom fighter, the shaper of death masks. I am the snake, I am the crone; I am caretaker of ancient trees.

I am the opposite of your blessed womb; I am your inverted mirror.

Guard your unborn children, burn me with your seed and salt, upend me, bend my body, cleave me beyond function. Blame me.

— aswang, barbara jane reyes ; claudia in amc iwtv

[sinligh]

Women. Life. Freedom.

Feminine rage.

I’ve been born with rage i felt it flow through my veins, since i was old enough to understand what it means to be a girl in a world that doesn’t really prefer us.

Unless it can suffocate us under the blanket of patriarchy.

An undertone of sadness was born with me, and a lot of love.

Love that I rarely ever felt safe enough to breathe it in me

Love that isn’t touched by paranoia.

Now I bleed that same rage, from my eyes, and between my fingers.

I choke with it at night.

And collect it every morning every last drop of it is used as a different shade

In the bigger picture that clarifies the history of feminine rage.

I bleed it between my legs. A lot of shame with it,

Shame that I wasn’t supposed to touch

Until i’m old enough to rearrange my internal organs and carry it within me. An indefinite pregnancy that will most likely end up as a stillbirth.

I’m so mad at this world, the world that thinks women only know emotions, and yet it punishes us for feeling mistreated.

Emotional, hormonal, mad

I am mad, mad with rage Does women death mean this little ?

Who deemed our life insignificant?

And what numbed the world to the thousands and thousands of crimes against us ?

“Why” they ask

I wonder what reason would justify HER death?

“what was she wearing?” Another common question…

In all seriousness, SHE was wearing whatever a target would wear.

Her own skin, hair, and heart. born with it, no choice whatsoever

In a world that would like to build empires on top of our shoulders or corpses if we don’t cooperate, but wouldn’t listen to us when we say we can’t breathe

“She should’ve.” “She shouldn’t have.” Anything to blame HER own death on HER.

I’m so mad at this world.

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•Quotes: Barbara Jane Reyes/Sylvia Plath/Mitski/ Fernando Pessoa/James Baldwin/ Faouzia/Halsey/Marion James/ Hozier

•Original context: sinligh

•Art reference:

1. Art by Andrew Atroshenko, (detail) 2. Eugen von Blaas - The Red Fan, 1892 (detail) 3. Laodamia by George William Joy. 4. The Brood By Sam Wolfe Connelly 5. Halsey #ichliwp via James Paterson. 6.The Red Cloud (detail) Photo by ..david….on flickr. 7. Art by Vanni Saltarelli.

P.s song recommendations:

[wellconstructedsentences]

This is my story, the one I made up about myself and told to no one,

the one I scribbled into my notebook that nobody knew about

Daughtersong Diaspore by Barbara Jane Reyes

[ardent-reflections]

I am the bad daughter, the freedom fighter, the shaper of death masks./ I am the snake, I am the crone.

Barbara Jane Reyes

[kitchen-light]

Hello friends. Mosab Abu Toha is hosting another virtual poetry event to help raise funds for MECA (Middle East Children's Alliance) on February 7, 2024 at 7PM EST. The poets & writers on the line-up include: Priscilla Wathington, Nathalie Khankan, Neeli Cherkovski, Ariel Resnikoff, Garrett Caples, Steve Dickison, Evan Kennedy, Andrew Joron, Sophia Dahlin, Lindsey Boldt, mimi tempestt, Tonya Foster, Norma Cole, Trisha Low, Syd Staiti, Kim Shuck, Ava Koohbor, Julien Poirier, Susan Gervitz, Soledad Con Carne, Barbara Jane Reyes, Carlos Quinteros III, Josiah Luis Alderete, Patrick James Dunagan, Agneta Falk Hirschman, and Brian Lucas. More information can be found at the Eventbrite page here.

Please consider signing up and donating 🙏

[reareaotaku]

Masterlist III | COMPLETED

Finished: June 7, 2024 [12:27 PM CDT] *= Slightly NSFW/NSFW Masterlist I Masterlist II Masterlist IV

I Am Not Okay with This

Stanley Barber

Stanley Barber Headcanons Late Night Calls Backseat Driving*

Stranger Things

Mike Wheeler

My Sweet Valentine I Loathe You [Mike's POV]* Mike Wheeler & Jane 'Eleven' Hopper Headcanons Jealous Mike Wheeler Headcanons Brother's Best Friend*

Lucas Sinclair

My Sweet Valentine

Jane 'Eleven' Hopper

My Sweet Valentine Mike Wheeler & Jane 'Eleven' Hopper Headcanons Jealous Eleven

Maxine 'Max' Mayfield

My Sweet Valentine

Billy Hargrove

My Sweet Valentine

Steve 'The Hair' Harrington

My Sweet Valentine Mean Little Boy I'm in Love with You

Nancy Wheeler

My Sweet Valentine Nancy Wheeler & Robin Buckley Headcanons

Robin Buckley

My Sweet Valentine Nancy Wheeler & Robin Buckley Headcanons

Johnathan Byers

Johnathan Byers Headcanons

IT

Richie Tozier

Richie Tozier Headcanons

Karate Kid

Daniel Larusso

Daniel Larusso Headcanons*

The Umbrella Academy

Five Hargreeves

I Can't Lose You Sick Reader

The Goldfinch

Boris Pavlikovsky

Run Away Boris NSFW Headcanons* Injured Reader Mean! Boris Headcanons You're so Drunk*

Theodore 'Theo' Decker

Run Away Theo Decker Headcanons

Celebrities/Influencers

Matt Sturniolo

Matt Headcanons

Blue Beetle

Jaime 'Blue Beetle' Reyes

Jaime 'Blue Beetle' Reyes Headcanons

The Turning

Miles Fairchild

Miles Fairchild SFW/NSFW Headcanons* No Where 2 Run* Reader is Sick School is a Bore [PT 2 of School Girls] Made into a Woman* [Pt 3 of School Girls & School is a Bore] She's the Only Girl I wanna Love* [Pt 2 of Mary is the Girl that I wanna Fuck] Soft Schoolboy Headcanons Maid of the Rich Kind Nanny! Reader* Stalker 2 Be

Ben 10

Ben Tennyson

Yandere! Ben Tennyson Headcanons

Clone High

I Am Not a Clone Series

Where the Fuck am I? [Part 1]

Fear Street

Christine 'Ziggy' Berman

Christine 'Ziggy' Berman Headcanons

Nick Goode

Nick Goode Headcanons

Rick & Morty

Morty Smith

Morth Smith Headcanons Evil Morty Headcanons

Scooby Doo

Fred Jones

Fred Jones Headcanons Fred Jones Mystery Inc Headcanons

Hex Girls

We're the Hex Girls & We're Going to Put a Spell on You

Corpse Bride

Emily the Corpse Bride

Yandere! Emily Headcanons

Young Sheldon

Georgie Cooper

Georgie Cooper Headcanons

When You Finish Saving the World

Ziggy Katz

Yandere! Ziggy Katz Headcanons Jealous! Headcanons

We Are Who We Are

Fraser Wilson

Fraser Wilson Headcanons

Shazam

Freddy Freeman

Freddy Freeman Headcanons

Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targeryan

Male! Daenerys Targeryan Headcanons

Ghostbusters

Trevor Spengler

Jealous Headcanons

Don’t Tell a Soul

Joey

Joey Headcanons

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Rodrick Heffley

Crazy Party What if Rodrick was Jealous?

Wednesday

Wednesday Addams

I Don't Love You Singing my Love [Pt 2 of I Don't Love You] I Know You Got Issues & I Do Too [Male! Wednesday Addams] Male Wednesday Headcanons +drabble

Spiderman

Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy Headcanons

Scream

Stu Macher

Stu Macher Headcanons*

Batman

Dick 'Richard' Grayson

Save Me, Baby

Damian Wayne

Superboy vs Robin Damian Wayne Headcanons Love in High Places [Pt 2 of Superboy vs Robin]

Barbara 'Batgirl' Gordon

Barbara Gordon Headcanons

Tim 'Red Robin' Drake

Tim Drake Headcanons

Superman

Jon Kent

Superboy vs Robin Love in High Places [Pt 2 of Superboy vs Robin]

Clark 'Superman' Kent

Superman Headcanons

Lolirock

Iris

Genderbend Iris Headcanons

Shrek

Arthur Pendragon

Arthur Pendragon Headcanons

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

Schoolboy Crush

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Jessica Rabbit

Jessica Rabbit Headcanons

Mario

Princess Peach

Princess Peach Headcanons

Princess Rosalina

Princess Rosalina Headcanons

OC

Prince Alexander

Yandere Prince Headcanons

Ace

Grumpy x Sunshine Headcanons

Nightmare on Elm Street

Glen Lantz

Touch Me

That's Not My Neighbor

Francis 'Milkman' Mosses

Milkman Headcanons*

Goofy Movie/ An Extremely Goofy Movie

Max Goof

Max Goof Headcanons He was a Skater Boy

The Lion King

Kovu

Kovu Headcanons

Beetlejuice

Astrid Deetz

Astrid Deetz Headcanons

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

'Leo' Leonardo

Leonardo Headcanons

'Donnie' Donatello

I Do Not Like You

[traumatizeddfox]

mother, pink floyd // honeytuesday // mother and daughter , Hayan Charara // ? // aswang diwata, Barbara Janes Reyes // they’ll clap when you’re gone, chelsea wolfe

[moonlitfairytale]

Barbara Janes Reyes, Aswang

[judgementdaysunshine]

Masterlist

Fics i have done!

Fandoms i write for!

Young justice

Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad

Megan morse/Miss martian

Connor kent/Superboy

Artemis crock/Tigress

Jaime reyes/Blue beetle

Cassie sandsmark/Wondergirl

Wally west/Kidflash

Barbara gordon/Batgirl

CSI Vegas

Sara sidle

Nick stokes

Mia dickerson

Greg sanders

Catherine willows

Warrick brown

Riley adams

Gil grissom

M*A*S*H*

Benjamin hawkeye pierce

Margaret hot lips houlihan

B.J. hunnicutt

Margie cutler

Radar o'reilly

Kellye yamoto

John mulcahy

Stranger things

Nancy wheeler

Dustin henderson

Max mayfield

Jonathan byers

Robin buckley

Steve harrison

Jane hopper/el

Lucas Sinclair

Joyce byers

Mike wheeler

Barbara holland

Jim hopper

CSI Miami

Walter simmons

Yelena salazar

Ryan wolfe

Natalia boa vista

Eric delko

Calliegh duquesne

Horatio caine

Alexx woods

Jesse cardoza

Marisol delko

Marvel

Kate bishop

Clint barton

Natasha romanoff

T'challa

Cassandra lang

Sam wilson

Kamala khan

Bucky barnes

Shuri

Bruce banner

Mortal kombat

Kung jin

Skarlet

Hanzo hasashi

Sonya blade

Kuai liang

Jaqui briggs

Johnny cage

Kitana

Takeda takashi

Jade

Jax briggs

Cassie cage

Resident evil

Claire redfield

Carlos olivera

Sherry birkins

Leon kennedy

Jill valentine

Jake muller

Helena harper

Chris redfield

Alice

NCIS NOLA

Chris laselle

Loretta wade

Sebastian lund

Hannah khoury

Patton plame

Sonja percy

Dwayne pride

Tammy gregario

Final destination

Clear rivers

Lewis romaro

Wendy christensen

Kevin horton

Carrie dryer

Kevin fischer

Kimberly corman

Thomas burke

Alex browning

The mighty ducks

Fulton reed

Julie gaffney

Adam banks

Charlie conway

Dean portman

Guy germaine

Dwayne robertson

Luiz mendoza

Connie monreau

Criminal minds

Emily prentiss

Spencer reid

Jennifer jareau

Aaron hotchner

Kate callahan

Derek morgan

Penelope garcia

Luke alvez

Tara lewis

Matt simmons

Trauma center

Derek stiles

Angie thompson

Gabriel cunningham

Elena salazar

Erhard miller

Naomi kimishima

Markus vaughn

Valerie blaylock

ER

Susan lewis

Mark greene

Carol hathaway

Doug ross

Kerry weaver

Gregory pratt

Samantha taggart

John carter

Cate banfield

Luka kovac

Harry potter

Cedric diggory

Luna lovegood

Harry potter

Ginny weasley

Remus lupin

Narcissa malfoy

Ron weasley

Nymphodora tonks

Sirius black

Marlene mckinnon

Draco malfoy

Fleur declour

Blaise zabini

Hermione granger

Kingdom hearts

Namine

Riku

Kairi

Sora

Aqua

Terra

Xion

Ventus

Roxas

Xmen

Charles xavier

Ororo munroe

Warren worthington

Kitty pryde

Kurt wagner

Illyana rasputin

Erik leshnerr

Raven darkholme

Logan

Marie d'ancanto

Peter maximoff

Jubliee

Pixie

Pixie o'brien

Harland mckenna

Frank mccullen

Final fantasy

Cloud strife

Oerba dia vanille

Snow villers

Tifa lockhart

Hope esthiem

Oerba yun fang

Vincent valentine

Lighting farron

Zack fair

Aerith gainsborough

Narnia

Lucy pevensie

Peter pevensie

Susan pevensie

Edmund pevensie

Mr tumnus

Prince caspian

NCIS LA

Marty deeks

Shay mosley

Sam hanna

Kensi blye

G callen

Fatima nazami

Eric beale

Harley hidoko

Nell jones

Code lyoko

Aelita schaffer

Odd della robbia

Yumi ishiyama

Ulrich stern

Milly solovieff

William dunbar

Tamiya diop

Jeremy belpois

Triple frontier

Will "ironhead" miller

Frankie "catfish" morales

Benny miller

Santiago "pope" garcia

The night shift

Landry de la cruz

Joey chavez

Gwen gaskin

Kenny fornette

Jordan alexander

Michael ragosa

Drew allister

Shannon rivera

TC callahan

Ewan mcgregor characters

Catcher block

Dan torrance

Perry makepeace

Christopher robin

Rodney copperbottom

Robert lewis

Alex law

Edward bloom

Star wars

Crosshair

Cara dune

Luke skywalker

Aayla secura

Hunter

Din djarin

Padme amidala

Cal kestis

Rey skywalker

Obi wan kenobi

Bo katan kryze

Qui gon jin

Tech

Ahsoka tano

Poe dameron

Leia organa

Echo

Finn

Iden versio

Del meeko

Wrecker

Misc 1

Jack mercer

Mason "mace" brown

Spike spiegel

Toph

Lu fox

Elizabeth martinson

Casi

Laney boggs

Max lewinsky

Mahtilda

Flip zimmerman

Nani pelekai

Murphy macmanus

Korra

Lu fox

Samantha caine

Bill s prescott

Iris

Zack siler

Rachel

David abbott

Marta

Jed eckhart

Tess finnegan

Ryan williams

Barbara novak

Ted logan

Toni

Eugene/vida boheme

Tris prior

Murtagh morzzansson

Skeeter

Christian

Stephanie speck

John wick

Viola eade

Jonathan levy

Evey hammond

Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz

Casey jones

Marni

Elliot alderson

Misc 2

Chris chambers

Andie anderson

Michael perry

Beatrix "the bride" kiddo

Elliott

Quinn fabray

Benjamin barry

Dani rojas

Billy/four

Daphne moon

Javi gutierrez

Allison reynolds

Hector villanueva

April o'neil

Ned tash

Kara

Don billingsley

Asami sato

Beau hutton

Monica long dutton

Joey coalter

Celine naville

Sam munroe

[artzychic27]

I’m making a miraculous theater kid au, do you have suggestions for the play or the cast? ( the main Heroes are ladybug! Sabrina and Cat! Alix btw

I have like ten ideas for a cast for different plays

(Gonna assume you want canon characters, but just in case, I got OCs in red. Also, slashes means different choices)

Be More Chill💊

Jeremy: Jean

Michael: Nino

Christine: Mireille/Ondine

Jenna: Alya

Rich: Ismael/Alix

Jake: Kim

Chloe: Aurore/Zoe (Ha!)

Brooke: Myléne

Mr. Heere: Ivan

Mr. Reyes: Max

Squip: Denise/Austin T/Marc/Rose/Kagami

Dear Evan Hansen📝

Evan: Adrien

Connor: Marc

Jared: Nathaniel

Zoe: Reshma/Sabrina

Alana: Cosette/Alya

Heidi: Zoé

Larry: Simon/Adrien

Cynthia: Aurore

Heathers💣

Veronica: Juleka

JD: Jean/Mireille (JD was female in some versions. Look it up)

Heather C: Reshma/Alya

Heather M: Sabrina/Lacey

Heather D: Aurore/Ondine/Cosette

Kurt: Kim

Ram: Nino

Martha: Denise/Rose

Miss. Flemming: Myléne

Bud Dean: Ivan

Mr. Sawyer: Nathaniel

Mrs. Sawyer: Marinette/Zoe

Hamilton🪶

Alexander Hamilton: Jean

Eliza Hamilton: Mireille/Lacey

Aaron Burr: Nino

Angelica Schuyler: Kagami

George Washington: Ivan

Marquis de Lafayette & Thomas Jefferson: Max/Simon

Hercules Mulligan & James Madison: Ismael/Adrien

John Laurens & Philip Hamilton: Austin T/Nathaniel

Peggy Schuyler & Maria Reynolds: Marinette/Alya/Reshma

King George III: Kim

SIX (Just… Screw gender for this. A guy understudied for one performance, let’s just do this)👑

Catherine of Aragon: Denise/Aurore

Anne Boleyn: Nathaniel/Cosette/Marinette

Jane Seymour: Sabrina/Ondine

Anne of Cleves: Alix/Nino

Katherine Howard: Reshma/Kim

Catherine Parr: Myléne/Juleka/Jean

The Lightning Thief⚡️

Percy: Jean

Annabeth: Kagami

Grover: Nino

Mr. D: Ivan

Luke: Marc/Simon

Ares: Nathaniel

Charon: Cosette/Alix

Silena: Reshma/Juleka/Sabrina

Sally: Denise/Alya

The Oracle: Nathaniel

Mrs. Dodds: Marinette

Clarisse: Ondine/Zoe

Katie: Myléne/Aurore

Mr. Brunner/Chiron: Adrien

Poseidon: Kim

Hades: Marc

Medusa: Rose

Kronos: Ismael/Max

Emojiland (Also screw gender because they’re emojis) ✌️👍👊👌✋

Princess: Reshma/Aurore/Jean

Prince: Marc/Rose/Adrien

Skull: Ivan/Juleka

Pile of Poo: Lacey

Police Officer: Alya

Construction Worker: Ondine/Alix

Nerd Face: Nathaniel/Marinette

Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes: Cosette/Sabrina/Zoe

Person in Business Suit Levitating: Alix/Max/

Smiling Face with Sunglasses: Ismael/Myléne

Guard: Nino/Kagami

Kissy Face: Mireille

Beetlejuice🪲

Beetlejuice: Jean/Kim

Lydia: Rose/Sabrina

Adam: Nathaniel

Barbara: Lacey/Zoe/Marinette

Charles: Nino

Delia: Myléne

Miss. Argentina: Alya/Denise

Otho: Ivan

Girl Scout: Juleka/Mireille/Cosette

Maxie Dean: Austin T/Adrien

SpongeBob the Musical🌊

SpongeBob: Jean

Sandy: Alya/Reshma

Patrick: Kim/Adrien

Squidward: Ismael/Nino

Mr. Krabs: Ivan

Plankton: Max/Simon

Karen: Cosette/Sabrina/Denise

Pearl: Rose

Carrie🩸

Carrie: Zoé

Sue: Myléne/Sabrina

Tommy: Nino/Jean

Chris: Kagami

Billy: Adrien/Ismael

Miss Gardner: Juleka/Cosette

Margaret: Denise/Aurore

Mr. Stephens: Ivan

Norma: Alya

Frieda: Marinette

Helen: Mireille

George: Kim

Stokes: Marc

Freddy: Nathaniel

Pippin 🎪

Leading Player: Nino/Reshma/Zoe

Pippin: Jean/Adrien

Berthe: Cosette/Sabrina

Catherine: Mireille

Charlemagne: Nathaniel/Kim

Fastrada: Marinette/Denise/Lacey

Theo: Rose

Lewis: Ismael/Ivan

Take your pick

[thesakuraink-lyrics]

Today’s fit is inspired by cool music teachers like Jack Black’s character from School of Rock except I come to bring poetry awesomeness and celebrate the release of “Finally: The Mixtape”. Thank you to Gnashing Teeth Publishing for publishing FM and have it being out in the world. Thank you to Barbara Jane Reyes for inspiring me to write poems to the music I love. Thank you to Dina Klarisse, kattrina m, and Carlos Manalo for being my special guests. Thank you to everyone who came to today’s reading and celebrating FM’s arrival. I can’t wait for you all to finally read and listen to this incredible microchapbook!

Get a copy of “Finally: The Mixtape” here:

[smokefalls]

Do you have any recommendations for approachable poetry collections to read? I want to read some poetry but I feel like most of them will be too hard for me to understand :(

Hi Anon,

I want to acknowledge that poetry is hard. Understanding poetry isn't something that comes naturally and requires a lot of exposure. And even after reading dozens of different collections, poetry will still be hard. (That's certainly the case for me.) I guess the point I want to make is you don't have to understand everything. Take your time with a collection, sit with the poems that stand out to you (and that can be for any reason), and don't hesitate to go back and read again.

As for approachable collections, I think this is a bit subjective, only because our lived experiences greatly inform how we interpret things. What I found approachable may not be the case for another person, and vice versa. That being said and in my opinion, I think the following are good starting points:

Crush by Richard Siken. I think the themes presented are pretty approachable. They're incredibly lyrical as well and play a little more with form.

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. The poems seem simplistic, but the lighthearted, emotional impact Gay wants to make is apparent.

Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes. Uplifting Filipino American women's voices in particular, her style and themes are incredibly approachable.

Corazón by Yesika Salgado. This one also has approachable concepts without leaning much into the abstract. (I haven't read Salgado's other poems, but I wouldn't be surprised if those have a similar vibe.)

Earth Keeper by N. Scott Momaday. I actually recommend listening to the audiobook to really get the feel for the importance of oral traditions in Indigenous cultures.

Felicity by Mary Oliver. I want to say Oliver's poems in general are approachable, not having many frills but still full of lyricism.

The Carrying by Ada Limón. I also think Limón's poems are rather approachable and straightforward. Sometimes abstract, but not to the point that it would frustrate.

Naomi Shihab Nye has written many collections and I find that her poems are graspable when it comes to their forms and themes.

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker. Parker's poems in general are full of life and especially approachable if you're familiar with US pop culture.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poems are delightful with relatively easy-to-understand themes and beautiful imagery.

I'm likely forgetting a bunch more, but I think ten is a good number?

I hope this helps a little, but again, don't stress out about trying to understand everything. Enjoy the poems that stand out to you and take some time to play with the words on the page like the poet.

[eunoiareview]

More than "space filler'

“The kids are all right after all.” – comment from Barbara Jane Reyes to Louie Leyson after students finished comparing/contrasting ‘Glossary of an Aswang’ (Leyson) and ‘Brown Girl Glossary of Terms’ (Reyes) – Twitter (X), 1 December 2023 – after “Poem with Hundreds of Flowers,” by Han VanderHart and “Dear Brown Girl,” by Barbara Jane Reyes Is there ever enough hope as in apple butter spread over…

[strawberrygreen2]

Barbara Jane Reyes

Reyes is the author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago, 2003), Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish, 2005), for which she received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets, and Diwata (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010).

Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous publications, including 2nd Avenue Poetry, Asian Pacific American Journal, Boxcar Poetry Review, Chain, Crate, Interlope, New American Writing, Nocturnes Review, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, Parthenon West Review, as well as in the anthologies Babaylan (Aunt Lute Books, 2000), Eros Pinoy (Anvil, 2001), InvAsian: Asian Sisters Represent (Study Center Press, 2003), Going Home to a Landscape (Calyx, 2003), Coloring Book (Rattlecat, 2003), Not Home But Here (Anvil, 2003), Pinoy Poetics (Meritage, 2004), Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area (Avalon Publishing, 2004), 100 Love Poems: Philippine Love Poetry Since 1905 (University of the Philippines Press, 2004), Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005), and Graphic Poetry (Victionary, 2005).

Reyes is an adjunct professor at University of San Francisco’s Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program. She has previously taught Creative Writing at Mills College, and Philippine Studies at University of San Francisco. She co-edits Doveglion Press, a publisher of political literature, with her husband poet Oscar Bermeo. Reyes currently resides in Oakland, California.

[nellaaawrld]

21st Century (National/Regional Authors)

- Filipino Writers

CHARL MARIE GELBERO

- Carlos Bulosan

Born in the Philippines in a small farming village called Mangusmana, Carlos Bulosan came from a family who struggled to make ends meet. Born on November 24, 1913 and died on September 11, 1956. He determined to help his family and improve his education, Bulosan emigrated to the United States at the age of 17. He started working low-paying jobs while facing racism and illness until he finally learned how to write and put a voice to the struggles of the Filipino people in the United States.

His best-known work is a semi-autobiographical book called America Is in the Heart. He also wrote The Freedom from Want. Bulosan was both a novelist and a poet, and he died in Washington in 1956. You might also enjoy our list of the best Korean authors.

ROD NAPOLEON EVANGELISTA

-Jessica Hagedorn

Born in May 29, 1949 in Manila, Jessica Hagedorn is a modern playwright, poet and writer. She came to the United States in 1963 to get her education at the American Conservatory Theater training program. She lives in New York City and has won an American Book Award and the Lucille Lotel Foundation fellowship.

Hagedorn has many famous works to her name, but Mango Tango, her first play, is one of her most famous. She also wrote Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines and the fiction novel Dream Jungle.

NELLA MAY CARBONELL

-Jose Rizal

Jose Rizal came from a wealthy Filipino family He was well-educated, and spent much of his time as a young adult traveling Europe to discuss politics. He is born on June 19, 1861 and died on December 30, 1896. He also studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and pushed for Filipino reforms under the Spanish authorities. His execution at the age of 36 put a fast end to his writing career.

Rizal wrote a number of poems as a teenager. He also wrote an Operetta called On the Banks of the Pasig. His first novel, Noli Me Tangere, offended the religious leaders of his area and caused him to be deemed a troublemaker. This likely led to his later arrest for political and religious problems.

CHRISTIAN LESTER PONS

-Randy Ribay

is a Filipino author who writes middle-grade and young-adult fiction. Though he was born in the Philippines, he was raised in the United States and majored in English literature at the University of Colorado with a graduate degree from Harvard. In addition to writing, he teaches English in San Francisco.

Ribay’s first works were poetry, but his book Patron Saints of Nothing is an award-winning work of adult fiction. He also wrote An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes and After the Shot Drops.

JEMEL AFANTE

-Barbara Jane Reyes

was born in Manila and moved to the United States as a child. She was born in year 1971. She studied literature and writing in California before launching her award-winning career. She now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.

Reyes’s published works include full-length poetry collections and chapbooks. Gravities of Center, Easter Sunday and Poeta en San Francisco all won awards, including the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. Letters to a Young Brown Girl is another popular collection.

VINSON VALLEJOS

-Elaine Castillo

is an American writer who is of Filipino descent. She studied at the University of California Berkeley and the University of London. She is passionate about equality for the people of the Philippines, and that comes out in her work. She was born in year 1984.

In 2018 Castillo published her first novel America is Not the Heart. Though this is the only publication she has so far, many reviewers consider her an up-and-coming name in literature. NPR named it one of the best books of the year.

MJEE GUEVARA

-Francisco Sionil Jose

was a Filipino writer who is one of the most widely read in the English language. He writes about the social struggles of his culture, and his books and short stories have a huge following. He was born in Pangasinan and attended the University of Santo Tomas before starting his journalism and writing career. He was born on December 3, 1924.

Jose has many novels in his name, including The Pretenders and The Rosales Saga. He also wrote Dusk: A Novel. He won the National Artist of the Philippines award for his literary works. He died at the age of 97 in January 6, 2022.

"An author is a person who is the originator of a written work like an article, a book. A writer is a person who writes a piece of literature, articles, blogs, novels or short stories not necessarily on his ideas. Required Skills. A person becomes an author once their work gets published."

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“I am the bad daughter, the freedom fighter, the shaper of death masks. I am the snake, I am the crone”

— Barbara Jane Reyes, from "Aswang."