We celebrate and appreciate all who are creating literature and sharing stories of the queer Pinoy experience. We’ve collected work from authors who are sharing their work in Galleon Dreaming in a special edition to be available at the Filipino American International Book Festival, in San Francisco October 17-18, 2026.
Learn about J. J. de Melo and Maleia Mortis.
J.J. de Melo is a queer Filipino-American and Portuguese writer based in San Francisco, California. Heās an active member of the literary community at the City College of San Francisco, where he earned his degree in Creative Writing. Heās also an epidemiologist, working a double life as an author-scientist. Find him at jjdemelo.wordpress.com.
Maleia Mortis is a queer Filipinx-American experimental poet based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their poems have appeared in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, BuliLit Magazine by Sampaguita Press, and Datura Literary Journal. Readers can find more of their writing on their poetry blog, mxmortis.wordpress.com.
Mortis and de Melo’s work is in:
- RAINBOW DREAMS (ISBN: 979-8-9964051-9-0)
- MOON DOG AND RAINBOW DREAMING (ISBN: 979-8-9977653-0-9)
- GALLEON DREAMING (ISBN: 979-8-9964051-3-8)
Please do consider asking for these at your local bookstores.
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