M. EVELINA GALANG
Named one of the most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women’s Network,
M. Evelina Galang is the author of the story collection,
Her Wild American Self (Coffee House Press), the novel,
One Tribe (New Issues Press), and the editor of the anthology
Screaming Monkeys (Coffee House Press).
The recipient of numerous awards, including the 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights and the 2004 AWP Prize in the Novel, she has worked as an advocate of surviving Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII since 1998.
Galang directs the MFA Creative Writing Program
at the University of Miami.
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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