M. EVELINA GALANG is the author of two books of fiction -- Her Wild American Self (Coffee House Press, ’96), a collection of short stories and the novel,
One Tribe (New Issues Press, ’06). In addition to writing fiction and nonfiction, she has edited the anthology, Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images (Coffee House Press, ‘03).
Galang is the recipient of numerous awards, among them, the 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights and the 2004 AWP Prize in the Novel, for ONE TRIBE.
Galang has been researching the lives of the women of Liga ng mga Lolang Pilipina (LILA Pilipina), surviving Filipina “Comfort Women” of WWII, since 1998. In 2002, she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Philippines where she continued her work with survivors. This past year, she authored the blog, “Laban for the Lolas!” in support of House Resolution 121 and was the Filipino American Outreach coordinator for 121 Coalition.
She is currently writing Lolas' House: Women Living with War, stories of Surviving Filipina Comfort Women of World War II and is at work on her second novel, Angel de la Luna and THE 5th GLORIOUS MYSTERY and is at work on a new novel, BEAUTIFUL SORROW, BEAUTIFUL SKY. Galang teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami and has recently been nominated one of the 100 most influential Filipinas in the US by Filipina Women’s Network..
Galang Means... In Tagalog, my last name means respect. Growing up a Galang in America, we were constantly reminded that we should learn our name and let it guide us through our lives. |Read More|
Artist Statement... When I scan the pages of my books, my stories, and my hand-written journals, I hear the voices of the girls and women who have been traditionally silent – traditionally silenced. I didn’t mean to choose these girls, these dalagas, these women and lolas to inhabit my stories, but when I look through the pages of the books, there they are.|Read More|
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