Overview
Manila! Manila!
R. Zamora Linmark Reads and Jet Leyco Screens
Fri, Nov 11, 7pm • Screening Room
Pre-reception at 6:15pm • YAAW Lounge
[A]s cheeky a novel as you’ll encounter. . . . the book’s nonstop energy and nonstop attitude are addictive….A lively satiric return to early ‘90s Manila, seen from both sides of the Filipino American divide. —Kirkus Reviews
Manila, Honolulu and San Francisco collide during this evening’s literary and filmic meditations on contemporary Filipino and Filipino-American life. Celebrated author R. Zamora Linmark reads from his latest novel Leche and poems from his two collections, Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh. Preceding the reading is a screening of Jet Leyco’s harrowing short film Patlang, which was screened at the 4th annual MOV International Film Music & Literature Festival in Manila this past Summer.
Events
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R. Zamora Linmark Reads and Jet Leyco ScreensNov 11, 2011 7:15pm
FREEPre-reception at 6:15pm • YAAW Lounge
Reading & Screening at 7pm • Screening Room
Artist Bio
R. Zamora Linmark
Born in Manila and educated in Honolulu, R. Zamora Linmark is the author of two collections of poetry, Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh, both from Hanging Loose Press, and Rolling The R’s (Kaya Press), a novel, which he’s adapted for the stage. A recipient of numerous grants and fellowships and published in journals and anthologies in both the U.S. and the Philippines, he currently divides his time between the Philippines and Hawaii. He is currently working on several projects, including But Beautiful, a full-length play, and another poetry collection, The Filipino Exiled Poet.
Reviews for Leche
As quirky and funny as its oddball characters, Linmark’s latest is a unique, colorful portrait of cross-cultural experience and a view into the complexities of modern-day Philippines through the prism of an ex-pat’s self-discovery and quasi-homecoming.—Publishers Weekly, starred review
[A]s cheeky a novel as you’ll encounter. . . . the book’s nonstop energy and nonstop attitude are addictive. And in Vince you won’t find a less predictable tour guide. A lively satiric return to early ‘90s Manila, seen from both sides of the Filipino American divide. —Kirkus Reviews
Linmark delivers a harrowing tale of love, family, and cultural bewilderment, a sardonically funny and vibrant novel about one man’s journey to his past. . . . Linmark’s novel reads like a bittersweet love letter to a vast and perplexing nation. This is a story of heritage, sexuality, and self-discovery that is as riveting as its locale is complex. —Booklist
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