A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by novelist Elaine Castillo Poet, essayist, novelist, fiction writer and labor organizer, Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956) wrote one of the most influential working class literary classics about the U.S. pre-World War II, a period and setting similar to that of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row. Bulosan's semi-autobiographical novel America is in the Heart begins with the narrator's rural childhood in the Philippines and the struggles of land-poor peasant families affected by US imperialism after the Spanish American War of the late 1890s. Carlos's experiences with other Filipino migrant laborers, who endured intense racial abuse in the fields, orchards, towns, cities and canneries of California and the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s, reexamine the ideals of the American dream. Bulosan was one of the most important 20th century social critics with his deeply moving account of what it was like to be criminalized in the U.S. as a Filipino migrant drawn to the ideals of what America symbolized and committed to social justice for all marginalized groups. Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with these three Penguin Classics: America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (9780143134039) East Goes West by Younghill Kang (9780143134305) The Hanging on Union Square by H. T. Tsiang (9780143134022)

America Is in the Heart (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Bulosan, Carlos

United States

Penguin Classics

A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by novelist Elaine Castillo\nPoet, essayist, novelist, fiction writer and labor organizer, Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956) wrote one of the most influential working class literary classics about the U.S. pre-World War II, a period and setting similar to that of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row. Bulosan's semi-autobiographical novel America is in the Heart begins with the narrator's rural childhood in the Philippines and the struggles of land-poor peasant families affected by US imperialism after the Spanish American War of the late 1890s. Carlos's experiences with other Filipino migrant laborers, who endured intense racial abuse in the fields, orchards, towns, cities and canneries of California and the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s, reexamine the ideals of the American dream. Bulosan was one of the most important 20th century social critics with his deeply moving account of what it was like to be criminalized in the U.S. as a Filipino migrant drawn to the ideals of what America symbolized and committed to social justice for all marginalized groups.\nCelebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with these three Penguin Classics:\nAmerica Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (9780143134039) 
East Goes West by Younghill Kang (9780143134305) 
The Hanging on Union Square by H. T. Tsiang (9780143134022)

America Is in the Heart (Penguin Vitae)

In this mystery thriller set at the end of World War II, American Gar Stanley returns to his native Philippines to help his childhood sweetheart locate her missing husband in the wake of a Japanese ambush. With Clem's ring as his only clue, Gar moves from the nightclubs of Manila to the mountains of Baguio, from mansions to hovels, bordellos to churches. He pursues and is pursued by bankers, matrons, hoboes, warriors, and thugs. Gar quickly realizes that no one is who they seem in this war-ravaged country. He must move quickly to stay ahead of the deadly conspirators before they silence his friend. Bulosan's purposely mysterious authorship is illuminated in the thought-provoking introduction by Caroline S. Hau and Benedict Anderson. The short story "The Filipino Houseboy," also included in this volume, helps to establish Bulosan as the author of All the Conspirators.

All the Conspirators

University of Washington Press

American Is in the Heart, American Autobiography Ser.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Reprint Services Corp

Set in the central valleys of California in the 1930s, the play focuses on Magno Rubio, an illiterate Filipino farm worker and his pen-pal courtship with Clarabelle, a white woman from Arkansas who advertises in the back pages of a “lonely hearts” magazine. Believing he's found the woman of his dreams, Magno fantasizes about their life together, only to soon realize that reality and dreams do not always align.“If the Rainbow Coalition had a playwrights’ wing, Lonnie Carter would be a leading candidate to chair it.”—Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times“The high-priest of multicultural hiphop, Lonnie Carter, brought his übertheatricality to a movingly simple story of Filipino migrant workers scratching their way toward love and self-worth.” —Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune“There may be no bouquets of flowers or Michel Legrand love songs in THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO, but this unusual eighty minute fable … has much to say about the world’s most delicate emotion. Playwright Lonnie Carter uses an intriguing mixture of verse, music and dialogue.” —Brian Scott Lipton, The New York Post“The play is virtually musical. Lonnie Carter’s text throbs with rhyme and rhythm.” —Don Shirley, The Los Angeles Times“THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO is one of those theatrical gems that heals your heart even as it breaks it. A magnificent piece of deeply humanistic storytelling … This is the tall tale of a man who may be small in stature and worldly goods, but is gigantic in his ability to believe in himself and his dreams — or at least in his ability to keep self-delusion alive. It is classic in its outline. But it is distinctive in the way Carter’s lyrical yet powerfully rhythmic language (English laced with bursts of Tagalog, a Filipino language) melds sounds and cultures.” —Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times“One of the best off-Broadway plays of the season.” —New York Times“A beautifully conceived fable.” —Variety

The Romance Of Magno Rubio

Carter, Lonnie

Dramas & Plays

Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated

This volume offers some of Carlos Bulosan's work on the lives and emerging consciousness of Filipinos in America in the 1930s and 1940s.

If You Want to Know What We Are: A Carlos Bulosan Reader

History & Criticism

West End Pr

The Voice of Bataan

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Hassell Street Press

The Laughter Of My Father

The Laughter of My Father

Literary

Literary Licensing, LLC

The Laughter of my Father is a reprint of a book originally printed in the 40's. Carlos Bulosan was quite well-known in the Philippines, but came America and died at the age of 44 in virtual obscurity. Because of the efforts of the University of Washington his work is being read again. The Laughter of my Father is a compilation of humorous sketches showing rual life in the Philippines during Bulosan's youth.

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America Is in the Heart (Penguin Classics)

America Is in the Heart (Penguin Vitae)

All the Conspirators

American Is in the Heart, American Autobiography Ser.

The Romance Of Magno Rubio

If You Want to Know What We Are: A Carlos Bulosan Reader

The Voice of Bataan

The Voice of Bataan

The Laughter of My Father

The Laughter Of My Father