Fil-Am writer Skinner participates in "Kuwentuhan" series
QUEZON CITY - Michelle Maria Cruz Skinner, a noted Filipino-American writer and author of "Balikbayan" and "Mango Seasons," participated in the Likhaan Writers Kuwentuhan Series last July 30 at the Faculty Lounge at the Bulwagang Rizal in the University of the Philippines Diliman campus here.
   Born in 1965 and raised in the Philippines for eighteen years, Skinner graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1987. A dancer and a photographer as well as a writer, she presents a fresh image and a new voice for Filipino American literature.
   "Faith Healer," the opening story in her short story collection Balikbayan, was one of 54 stories selected for nationwide syndication in the 7th Annual PEN Syndicated Fiction Project in 1988.
   "Michelle Maria Cruz Skinner understands the way of humankind," the late great Bienvenido Santos once said. "Her stories are written with such simplicity that the truth they convey shines with urgency the proper reader cannot miss."

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