In case you missed it, here's my essay about living in Las Vegas in the lead up to the US presidential elections, and witnessing the promises (and deceptions) of the American Dream, for @electricliterature.com

Reckoning with the American Dream in Las Vegas - Electric Literature

Based on what America has provided a foreigner like me, I want to believe this country can shine its grace on those who have rarely felt it

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Thanks so much to @electricliterature.com and to Meredith Talusan for publishing my essay about living in Las Vegas in the lead-up to the US presidential elections, while looking at the promises (and deceptions) of the American Dream.

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“Sooner or later, their criticisms of our shared homeland fall away, revealing a sentimental attachment to the lives they left behind and the identities they shed to survive in a land that promises new beginnings.”

Thanks so much to @electricliterature.com and to Meredith Talusan for publishing my essay about living in Las Vegas in the lead-up to the US presidential elections, while looking at the promises (and deceptions) of the American Dream.

Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 11mo ago

“Sooner or later, their criticisms of our shared homeland fall away, revealing a sentimental attachment to the lives they left behind and the identities they shed to survive in a land that promises new beginnings.”

My diss track for racist New Zealanders and Karori Karens seems to have taken off in New Zealand while ruffling some feathers, and so I'm sharing it again because we troll like that

Monica Macansantos, alias Butchay@missmacansantos.bsky.social · last yr.

People usually see New Zealand as this tolerant, liberal utopia, and although it has great qualities, it also has a hard time dealing with racism and xenophobia. Thankfully, Newsroom NZ ran an excerpt from my latest book, about the racist landlady from hell. newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/28/a...

People usually see New Zealand as this tolerant, liberal utopia, and although it has great qualities, it also has a hard time dealing with racism and xenophobia. Thankfully, Newsroom NZ ran an excerpt from my latest book, about the racist landlady from hell. newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/28/a...

An incident in Karori

An author's deeply unhappy experience in the Wellington suburb of Karori

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People usually see New Zealand as this tolerant, liberal utopia, and although it has great qualities, it also has a hard time dealing with racism and xenophobia. Thankfully, Newsroom NZ ran an excerpt from my latest book, about the racist landlady from hell. newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/28/a...

An incident in Karori

An author's deeply unhappy experience in the Wellington suburb of Karori

newsroom.co.nz

In honor of the late Jo Lou, deputy editor at @electricliterature.com, who opened doors for me when I first pitched an article to her in 2021, setting into motion a years long collaboration that resulted in this interview. I was a complete stranger to her, and yet she was so kind.

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“A lot of immigrants become convinced of their smallness without being fully conscious of it, and I learned that to keep my self worth intact, I had to fight back.”

I'm back with an interview with Liminal Magazine in Australia! We talked about the opportunities nonfiction preset to turn inwards, the roles played by fiction and nonfiction in depicting the immigrant experience, and how to determine when a project is finished. www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...

5 Questions with Monica Macansantos — LIMINAL

“I imagine my published stories and essays having their own lives in the world, and their own encounters with discerning and generous readers that enable them to grow and take on new meanings. This is...

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I'm back with an interview with Liminal Magazine in Australia! We talked about the opportunities nonfiction preset to turn inwards, the roles played by fiction and nonfiction in depicting the immigrant experience, and how to determine when a project is finished. www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...

5 Questions with Monica Macansantos — LIMINAL

“I imagine my published stories and essays having their own lives in the world, and their own encounters with discerning and generous readers that enable them to grow and take on new meanings. This is...

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In case you were planning to buy my book, Book People in Austin has 14 SIGNED copies! They also deliver to my knowledge. bookpeople.com/book/9780810...

It's not often that I see reading lists about Filipino fathers, which is why I made this list to celebrate my book's release for @electricliterature.com! electricliterature.com/9-books-abou...

9 Books About Filipino Fathers - Electric Literature

These complex, layered characters invite us to more closely examine Filipino masculinity

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So happy to hear my book being reviewed on Radio New Zealand! Considering how hard it is to get a book reviewed, and to get my book in the hands of Kiwi readers while living outside New Zealand, it's a huge win for me. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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Catherine Robertson joined Jesse to chat about some books that she's been really looking forward to reading. Wonderland by Tracy Farr (The Cuba Press) Returning To My Father's Kitchen by Monica Macans...

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“A lot of immigrants become convinced of their smallness without being fully conscious of it, and I learned that to keep my self worth intact, I had to fight back.”

How a Filipino Poet’s Kitchen Became His Daughter’s Writing Desk - Electric Literature

Monica Macansantos traces memory, legacy, and identity through the food her father left behind

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And oh yes I also wrote this for the @nupress.bsky.social blog, about how I wove my late father's poetry into my work as an act of collaboration across the distances for my essay collection, Returning to My Father's Kitchen. nupress.northwestern.edu/blog/2025/05...

Writing As Collaboration: On Weaving My Late Father's Poems into My Work by Monica Macansantos | Northwestern University Press

When I’m asked what provided me with the impetus for writing an entire collection of essays, the most convenient explanation I can come up with is my

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At a low point in my life, I met Paul Beatty at the Auckland Writer's Festival. Our conversation at his signing table changed my life. I'm glad I stuck around long enough to write about it for the @writersdigest.bsky.social. www.writersdigest.com/and-now-i-kn...

And Now, I Know: Learning to Take Up Space as a Writer

Author Monica Macansantos shares how an interaction with an award-winning author helped give her the confidence to take up space as a writer.

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At a low point in my life, I met Paul Beatty at the Auckland Writer's Festival. Our conversation at his signing table changed my life. I'm glad I stuck around long enough to write about it for the @writersdigest.bsky.social. www.writersdigest.com/and-now-i-kn...

And Now, I Know: Learning to Take Up Space as a Writer

Author Monica Macansantos shares how an interaction with an award-winning author helped give her the confidence to take up space as a writer.

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Congrats on a job well done! Happy pub day @missmacansantos.bsky.social !

Monica Macansantos, alias Butchay@missmacansantos.bsky.social · last yr.

Plus I have an interview about my book and my decision to return home to the Philippines after my dad died in @electricliterature.com! Grateful to @cherrylousy.bsky.social for her insightful and thoughtful questions. electricliterature.com/how-a-filipi...

Cherry Lou Sy speaks with Monica Macansantos about her latest essay collection “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen,” the tradition of creative writing instruction in the Philippines, experiences of dislocation across countries, and what draws her to write about food, memory, and loss.

Plus I have an interview about my book and my decision to return home to the Philippines after my dad died in @electricliterature.com! Grateful to @cherrylousy.bsky.social for her insightful and thoughtful questions. electricliterature.com/how-a-filipi...

How a Filipino Poet’s Kitchen Became His Daughter’s Writing Desk - Electric Literature

Monica Macansantos traces memory, legacy, and identity through the food her father left behind

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To celebrate my book's release today, @literaryhub.bsky.social ran my essay about how my father and I got our literary education in the Philippines from used bookstores. Hoping this gives joy to second hand book lovers! lithub.com/monica-macan...

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

When I was growing up in the Philippines, our small resort town had none of the gleaming bookstores I’d later encounter as a graduate student in America, whose tall shelves containing crisp new rel…

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Writers and artists: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.

I'm part of this brilliance in case you're coming to AWP!

Jen Palmares Meadows@jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’d love to see you at our “Filipino Women Writing Nonfiction” panel on Saturday morning at AWPLA! @missmacansantos.bsky.social @annablabs.bsky.social, Melissa Chadburn, Laurel Flores Fantauzzo.

One thing about working in an indie bookstore is that I see how thin their margins are. Always shop locally when you can. Keep local businesses alive, and keep the money in your community.

FML Zuckerberg pirated my short story to train Meta's AI program. Who else is in a class action-y mode

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 2y ago

both of my published books are in here and i am in a class action-y mood today

both of my published books are in here and i am in a class action-y mood today

Damon Beres@damonberes.com · 2y ago

NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:

Really good biko for breakfast, thanks to Valerio's in Las Vegas!

One of my favorite quotes from my recent short story in @riverstyxmag.bsky.social. To read more, click here: www.riverstyx.org/proof-blog/l...

If you were planning on pre-ordering my book, here's another sale! They ship to anywhere in the world! Click here to order: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014839...

There isn't that much that has been written about Filipino-New Zealanders, which is why I'm proud of this short story that's now free to read on @riverstyxmag.bsky.social! Follow the story of a young Filipina grappling with religious trauma in Aotearoa NZ. www.riverstyx.org/proof-blog/l...

Leaving God on Cuba Street by Monica Macansantos — River Styx Magazine

A short story by Monica Macansantos.

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