On the next episode of the Atomic Zero Show, we’re thrilled to welcome Monica Macansantos, a talented Filipino writer hailing from Baguio.
Monica is the author of the acclaimed story collection Love and Other Rituals, published in 2022 by Grattan Street Press.
She’s currently a 2024-2025 Shearing Fellow at the prestigious Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas.
Her impressive body of work has been featured in renowned publications like Colorado Review, The Hopkins Review, Bennington Review, River Styx, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, and Katherine Mansfield and Children (Edinburgh University Press), among others.
Monica also holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters and is a former James A. Michener Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.
Her essays have been recognized as Notable in Best American Essays for multiple years, including 2016 and 2021-2023.
Don’t miss this conversation with a writer whose work continues to captivate and inspire readers around the world.
Tune in to hear her story, her journey, and her insights into the art of writing!
You can find out more about Monica Macansantos@
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You can purchase her books@
Returning to My Father's Kitchen from her publisher, Northwestern University Press: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810148390/returning-to-my-fathers-kitchen/
Or purchase it from City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco: https://citylights.com/belles-lettres-essays/returning-to-my-fathers-kitchen-essay/
Or from Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/returning-to-my-fathers-kitchen-monica-macansantos/1146594847?ean=9780810148390
Purchase my first book, Love and Other Rituals, from Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/love-and-other-rituals-selected-stories-monica-macansantos/18834429?ean=9780645481303&next=t
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