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Paraluman Aspillera, author, teacher, and newspaper
journalist, specialized in the teaching of English and Tagalog. She
was director of the Institute of Filipino Language and Culture at
Philippine Women's University and a professor of Pilipino and
Philippine Literature at the Institute of Asian Studies, University
of the Philippines. She wrote the popular daily column "Your
Tagalog Column," which appeared in the Manila Times, and authored
many books and articles in both English and Tagalog. Mrs. Aspillera
dedicated herself to promoting the national language and culture of
her country through extensive travel in North America, Europe, and
Asia, and served as executive secretary and director of the
UNESCO-sponsored Akademya ng Wikang Pilipino.
Yolanda Canseco Hernandez holds a Master of Arts in English
and a Bachelor's degree in literature and journalism. She taught
for over 10 years at the Philippine Women's University and the
Institute of Filipino Language and Culture.
Karen Llagas is a poet, translator and lecturer in Filipino
at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a recipient of
the Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Poetry Prize and a Hedgebrook
residency. Her first collection of poetry, Archipelago Dust, was
published in 2010 and her poems have appeared in anthologies such
as Troubling Borders (2014), The Place That Inhabits Us (2010) and
Field of Mirrors (2010), among others. She earned her BA at the
Ateneo de Manila in the Philippines and her MFA in Creative Writing
at Warren Wilson College.
"I hope that the new and expanded edition of this book will further encourage both non-Tagalogs and non-Filipinos to speak the Tagalog language better. Only then shall they appreciate the individuality of the language that reflects the resilience and flexibility of Filipinos all around the world." — Yolanda Canseco Hernandez, author
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