Insurrecto & Filipinx Resistance ft. Gina Apostol & Sabina Murray
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Gina Apostol's novel Insurrecto tells the story of the atrocities that faced Filipinos who rose up against their colonizers during the Philippine-American war at the turn of the 20th century. The book was one of the NYT's 2018 Editor’s Choices and won comparisons to Nabokov and Borges for its kaleidoscopic structure. Gina reads from Insurrecto and then is joined by author Sabina Murray. They discuss nonlinear narratives, white guilt, Duterte reprising the oppressive role of the American colonizer, and mor
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