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MANILA GIRL 2005

This year I thought I'd take my three year old Manila Girl column in a different direction. I am focusing on books and movies by Filipino authors so I'm keeping my eye out.. Here's this week's column http://www.filipinoexpress.com/19/03_op-ed.html#2

I just wrote about Dream Jungle for next week, and then I'm doing someting on Lynda Barry. After that, I have to save some money to buy the next book -- any suggestions?

After establishing a successful Teen Coffeehouse at our local library, I was hired by the Riverton Library to facilitate a similar group. For some reason, the participants are always girls! This picture was taken last Friday. The kids come from different schools and most of them enjoy writing. I'm the oldest teenager in the group. For the Burlington group, check out http://youngwriters21bc.bravehost.com and http://www.geocities.com/youngwriters21bc