Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

The destinies of a varied group of characters--movie stars, department store clerks, the wealthiest man in the Philippines--are intertwined with a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination, in a study of the Philippines under Marcos

Dogeaters

Manila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.

Manila Noir

An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction

Charlie Chan Is Dead

Hagedorn's remarkable play based on her best-selling novel.

A Play about the Philippines

The author of Dogeaters chronicles the life and times of Rocky Rivera, a member of a dissolute rock band, and her sometimes boyfriend Elvis Chang, traditional mother, troubled brother, eccentric uncle, and unpredictable best friend. Tour.

The Gangster of Love

Photographer Marissa Roth says "I saw the Philippines in terms of light: luminous, reflective, hard, and deeply shadowed. Filtering that light was the constant heat and humidity, a deceptive sensual salve, masking a country scarred by violence and pain." Her unflinching photographs uncover the importance of religion in the Philippines, as well as the social inequality, dire poverty, overpopulation, and ingrained class system that are all part of daily life.

A Portrait of the Philippines

Burning Heart

Stories by and about Asian Americans published from 1933 to the present.

Charlie Chan is Dead

The dual tales of the discovery of a lost Stone Age tribe in remote Philippines, later discovered to be a possible hoax, and the making of a Vietnam War movie, overshadowed by its cast and crew's self-destructive behavior, intersect.

Dream Jungle

At Home in the World : an Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction

Charlie Chan is Dead 2

"As sharp and fast as a street boy's razor" (The New York Times Book Review), Dogeaters is an intense fictional portrayal of Manila in the heyday of Marcos, the Philippines' late dictator. In the center of this maelstrom is Rio, a feisty schoolgirl who will grow up to live in America and look back with longing on the land of her youth.

Dangerous Music

Drawn from the essence of Latin soul and free jazz, rich evocations of the author's ancestral roots.

Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

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