While the Blanket Is Short,
Learn To
Curl Up

Michael C. Hawkins

While the Blanket is Short, Learn to Curl Up speaks of a world that is at once both foreign and familiar, exotic and mundane, localized and trans-global, but always human. These stories from the Philippines and its global Diaspora reveal the intimate spaces of a culture in transition. They explore the triumphant and tragic aspects of a community like no other, with characters and circumstances that inspire the imagination and pull at the heart strings.

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“A wonderful book ... Mike Hawkins explores the minds and hearts of Filipinos, allowing us to feel their passion, pain and loneliness.”
— Rosemary Sneeringer, The Book Nurturer

“A multifaceted collection of short-stories, these narratives reflect the unique lives and experiences of individuals while knitting together a larger Filipino narrative. This book successfully questions the one-dimensional portrayal often attributed to Filipinos today and is definitely a worthwhile experience for any reader.”
— Philip Cerepak

ISBN: 978-1-935514-91-6

140 pages, $14.95

Categories:
Fiction : Short Stories (single author)
Literary Collections : Asian
Fiction : Cultural Heritage