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.
