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Monica Macansantos is a 2025 Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellow with the Carson McCullers Center in Columbus, Georgia, and was a 2024-25 Shearing Fellow with the Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Born and (mostly) raised in the Philippines, she is the author of the essay collection, Returning to My Father's Kitchen (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone Books, 2025), and the story collection, Love and Other Rituals (Grattan Street Press, 2022). She was a James A. Michener Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her MFA in Writing, and also holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the Victoria University of Wellington. She is a recipient of fellowships and awards from Hedgebrook, Storyknife W ...more

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	Love and Other Rituals: Selected Stories 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Returning to My Father's Kitchen: Essays 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing with Dolls (A Short Story) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Styx 108: Chronicles by River Styx, Red Danielson, Mark Leidner (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Impossible Voice 24: Spring 2021 by Monica Macansantos (Goodreads Author), Andrew McDougall (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hypertrophic Literary - Summer 2018 by Francis Daulerio (Goodreads Author), Haley Campbell, Nick Alti 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Monica Macansantos liked Holly Hughes's review of Returning to My Father's Kitchen: Essays: "Love the stories of family and food and how a father's love connects. And then of course the crazy land lady. Monica was a fabulous podcast guest. If you like her words you'll love her voice. "
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It's a shame that this anthology isn't as widely read as it should be--it's so well curated and all the essays are excellent. There just aren't enough books dedicated to father-child relationships, and as someone who wrote an entire book about my dad ...more
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Why do New Zealanders keep taking this talentless hack seriously?
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Boring, predictable, and dry.
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