Who's Reading What?

Below are the Bayan Reading List.. Order your assigned book ASAP (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc) so you can start by January 1st and read about ⅓ of the book per week. Used is fine. Print or digital is fine. Just be aware that we will use the books in class this coming semester.

All five books are fiction - meaning they aren’t true. All share the theme of diaspora identity. Several reference actual historical figures and events. And all of them are embedded in versions of historical truth.

Cebu by Peter Bacho
Ken, Eunice, Irish V. Shaylah,Julius, Sultan

The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven
AJ, Michael, Darell, Anne, Tommy

Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Uriel, Rona, Nicholas, Alyssa, Carissa

Angel De La Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery by Evelina Galang
Jerrick, Alex, Melissa, Blaze, Erika, Lucia

The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene Chai
Irish G., Wilbert, John, Kaitlyn, JV.

Can you read more than one? Sure! Order up! Read! Check out first Make Cycle (due January 8th). Questions? Email or whatsapp me.

*I sent everyone a version of this note on December 17th.

Make Cycle 1: Introductions

Welcome to the Bayan Winter Book Club! I look forward to connecting with each other in this digital community as we explore Filipino/a American Literature and experiment with digital forms of expression. 

The first week's reading assignment is to complete 1/3 of your assigned book. You do not need to create or respond to anything about the text - yet! This week's Make Cycle is basically to play around with "makes." 

For our first “Make Cycle,”  experiment with a creative way to re-introduce yourself to our community by making and sharing something that represents you and your beliefs about any aspect of your identity. Of course, you are welcome to take as your focus ethnic, cultural, or racial identity.  

All media are acceptable: drawing, blogging, sculpture, photography, collage, podcast, video, etc.

The deadline for your submission is  Sunday, January 8th.

Please consider what the tool you use to introduce yourself will tell us about you and your interests, and if you choose to make something offline, please don’t forget to post an image of it to Bayan Winter Book Club. 

Create as many as you wish! I'll post my samples Remember, your purpose is to reintroduce yourself to our community. We are your audience, so you may be relatively informal, but remember, we are a college community, so

If you would like to view a few mentor makes, please visit the CLMOOC Make Bank,which showcases introductions made using a variety of tools that allowed the creators to introduce themselves in unique ways.

Some possibilities:

• Make a self-portrait: draw, paint, or photograph yourself (Picassohead, AKVIS Sketch)

• Record a podcast (GarageBand, Audacity)

• Create a comic strip (Pixton, Bitstrips, ToonDoo)

• Write a blog post (WordPress, Blogger)

• Make a video (Videolicious, Magisto, Animoto)

• Create a collage (PicCollage, BeFunky, ClipStitch)

• Make a slideshow (Haiku Deck, SlideStory, slide.ly)

I challenge (basically, assign) you to make something and share your reading reflections as well as respond to each other's posts. Developing a community is an important part of the experience, and we encourage you to further connect by commenting on the introductions created by others. Let's motivate and inspire each other as we explore, discuss, and “make” with us!