Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan gathers pioneering essays by major scholars in Filipino American Studies, American Studies, and Philippine Studies as well as historic documents on Carlos Bulosan's work and life for the first time. This anthology-which includes rare, out-of-print documents-provides students, instructors, and scholars an opportunity to trace the development of a body of knowledge called Bulosan criticism within the United States and the Philippines. Divided into four major sections that explore Bulosan's prolific literary output (novels, poems, short stories, essays, letters, and editorial work), the anthology opens with an introduction to the early stages of Bulosan criticism (1950s-1970s) and ends with recent work by senior scholars in Asian American Studies that suggests new directions for engaging multiple dimensions of Bulosan's twin commitment to art and social change.
Introduction Part I. Bulosan's Voice: Listening to the Manong Generation 1.Bulosan Now (1958) Alvaro Cardona-Hine 2.Carlos Bulosan: Gentle Genius (1957) Dolores Stephens Feria 3.The Achievement of Carlos Bulosan (1979) E. San Juan, Jr. Part II. Location of Exile: Creating an Alter/native Filipino Literary Practice 4.Filipino Writers in Exile (1963) Dolores Stephens Feria 5.Understanding the Dynamics of Third World Writing in America Is in the Heart (1988) Margarita R. Orendain 6.Subversion or Affirmation: The Text and Subtext of America Is in the Heart (1991) Marilyn Alquizola 7.Satire in The Laughter of My Father (1986) Delfin Tolentino, Jr. 8.The Laughter of My Father: A Survival Kit (1995) L.M. Grow 9.The Laughter of My Father: Adding Feminist and Class Perspectives to the "Casebook of Resistance" (2011) Marilyn Alquizola and Lane Ryo Hirabayashi Part III. Writer as Worker: Broadening the Bulosan Canon 10.Carlos Bulosan: The Poetics and the Necessity of Revolution (1969) E. San Juan, Jr. 11.Bulosan as a Third World Poet (1985) Susan Evangelista 12.Two Letters from America: Carlos Bulosan and the Act of Writing (1988) Oscar V. Campomanes and Todd S. Gernes 13.Bulosan's Power, Bulosan's People (1991) Dolores Stephens Feria 14.A Proletarian Book of Laughter and Remembering: The Cry and the Dedication and the Inter/National Class Struggle (2016) Tim Libretti Part IV. Collective Memory and Revolt: Becoming Filipino - Becoming Free 15.Remembering Carlos: An Interview with Josephine Patrick (1989) Odette Taverna 16.Identity and Humanity in the Age of Corporate Globalization: A Review Essay (2004) Kenneth E. Bauzon 17.Filipino American Hip Hop and Class Consciousness: Renewing the Spirit of Carlos Bulosan (2006) Michael Viola 18.The Bulosan Files: Another Layer in an Ongoing Dialogue (2016) Marilyn Alquizola, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, and Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao 19.Carlos Bulosan: Critique and Revolution (2008) E. San Juan, Jr. 20.American Dream: The Habitable Land (2016) Melba Abela Appendix
