ABOUT THE BOOK

These essays are attempts to understand—it’s in the etymology of the word “essay,” after all, the idea of attempting, of sketching out stories and trying to unspool their significance. They are attempts and, almost always, provisional. They are about, among other things, food, family, books, music, and places. They’re about cities in the Philippines and outside, written sporadically and spanning many years, from the mid-1990s to the present.—from “Looking at the World: An Introduction”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Trixie Alano Reguyal has worked as a teacher, entrepreneur, writer, and editor. She currently blogs at ikangablog.wordpress.com.