Highlight of our editor’s piece “The Forty-first day” in Community of Literary Magazines and presses reading list

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We’re thrilled to share that our editor has her piece recognized in the Asian Pacific American Heritage reading list for 2026.

The Forty-First Day: Selurong Arrival

Also please investigate the following:

Books:

Eileen R. Tabios, Pagpag: The Dictator’s Aftermath in the Diaspora (Paloma Press, 2020) https://palomapress.org/pagpag/

E. P. Tuazon, A Professional Lola (Red Hen Press, 2024)
https://redhen.org/book/professional-lola/

collection:

Editor Cinelle Barnes for “A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-one Writers of Color on the New American South” which also includes a story by Evelina Galan (Hub City Press, 2020)
https://www.hubcity.org/books/nonfiction/a-measure-of-belonging-writers-of-color-on-the-new-american-south

Poetry:

Ina Cariño, Reverse Requiem (Alice James Books, 2026)
https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/reverse-requiem

Melinda Luisa de Jesús, peminology (Paloma Press, 2018)
https://palomapress.org/peminology/

Short Fiction:

J. Mae Barizo, “On Becoming” (Tupelo Quarterly, 2025)
https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/on-becoming-by-j-mae-barizo/

Pamela K. Santos, Four Poems (ANMLY, 2025)
https://anmly.org/ap40/pamela-k-santos-3/

Monica T. S. Flores, “The Forty-First Day: Selurong Arrival” (The Faoileánach Journal, 2026)
https://www.canva.com/design/DAHA4lPE05Y/7iztWdU0skS61q57dVTWfg/view#31

Congratulations to all those who are making our creative community stronger and helping us all feel a sense of belonging.

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