Ideal Bookshelf 1275: Filipino American History Month

This gorgeous and enlightening set of books by and about Filipino Americans was curated by the absolutely magical Christine Bollow, Co-Owner and Programs Director of Loyalty Books in Washington, D.C.

October is Filipino American History Month, celebrating both the first Filipinos to arrive in the continental U.S. (on October 18, 1587, in California), and the lives, experiences, and contributions of all the Filipino Americans since then.

We will donate 5% of the revenue from sales of this print to We Need Diverse Books, a brilliant organization focused on "[p]utting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all readers." Their definition of diverse experiences includes "(but [is] not limited to) LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities*, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities." The asterisk on disabilities explains further: "*We subscribe to a broad definition of disability, which includes but is not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses (this may also include addiction). Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping, and other forms of marginalization."

• First offered in October 2024
• Archival pigment ink print on fine art paper
• Based on original paintings by Jane Mount

 

BOOKS INCLUDED:

• Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal
  
• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
  
• In the Country by Mia Alvar
• World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
  
• The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
  
• Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
  
• Twelfth Knight by Olivie Blake
  
• Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
  
• Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
  
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
  
• Abundance by Jakob Guanzon
  
• Monsoon Mansion by Cinelle Barnes
  
• Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
  
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
  
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
  
• The Farm by Joanne Ramos
  
• Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
  
• The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
  
• I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
  
• America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan