Robert Francis Flor
Northwest-based poet Kalehua Kim uncovers rich stories of family, culture, and dreams
Kalehua Kim is a Northwest-based poet born of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Portuguese descent, whose multicultural background informs much of her work. She is...
Q&A: Jason Tanamor, author of ‘The Legend of Sensei Tsinelas,’ on superheroes
Robert Francis Flor: You’ve written several novels featuring young Filipino Americans. What inspired The Legend of Sensei Tsinelas?
Jason Tanamor: When my brothers and I...
Poet Albert Abonado knows that poems can take form as relentless monsters
Robert Francis Flor: Field Guide for Accidents, the winner of 2023 National Poetry Series was a great pleasure to read. You live and teach...
Q&A: Oliver de la Paz’s ‘The Diaspora Sonnets’ plays with form, pattern-making
In a class at Immaculate Conception grade school, the nun had a classmate memorize and present “The Creation” by James Wendon Johnson. It was...
An interview with author Peter Bacho on his latest book, “Uncle Rico’s Encore”
Robert Francis Flor: Uncle Rico’s Encore was compelling reading as a fine sequel to Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. Your very personal memoir...
Shin Yu Pai shares how her latest collection of poetry, Virga, explores themes of...
Robert Flor: You’ve published a combination of 10 trade and limited edition books which makes Virga your eleventh book so far. I’m pleased to...
The novel “Living Color” follows Angie Rubio and her Mexican American family as she...
“Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories" is Seattle writer Donna Miscolta’s new book. It’s a novel told in stories about the coming-of-age of a young...
In Jason Tanamor’s novel, “Vampires of Portlandia”, a family of Filipino immigrant aswangs find...
Portland-based writer Jason Tanamor has written a new adult/urban fantasy novel entitled Vampires of Portlandia. It come to us just in time for Halloween....
DJ Phenohype talks about the creative process behind their new multimedia book, “Do Androids...
Allison Masangkay (DJ Phenohype) is a sick and disabled queer Filipino femme artist in Seattle with an upcoming book entitled Do Androids Dream in...
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai talks about the process and inspiration behind her first novel...
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai was born in a small village in northern Vietnam in 1973. When she was six, her family migrated to the...
