by Carlos Bulosan (Author), Elaine Castillo (Foreword by), E. San Juan (Introduction by)
Author Biography
Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956), born in Binalonan, Pangasinan, under U.S. colonial occupation of the Philippines, arrived in the U.S. at the start of the Great Depression as part of a generation of Filipino migrant workers. From 1930 to 1956, Bulosan developed into a leading Filipino writer in the U.S. committed to social justice. Bulosan is a pioneering and iconic figure of Filipino American literature and Filipino American labor history. Elaine Castillo is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. America Is Not the Heart is her first novel, and was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. E. San Juan, Jr. is an internationally renowned literary and cultural critic, and was chair of the Department of Comparative American Cultures, Washington State University. Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao is an associate professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Bryant University.