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AMY TAN
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                    [ArticleID] => 1383994
                    [Title] => Amy Tan on joy, luck and a life of writing
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My mother asked me to bring her yellowing, dog-eared copy of Joy Luck Club with me today — I am off to meet Amy Tan, the book’s author and I have two hours to ask her anything under the Orient sun.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133273 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804861 [AuthorName] => Chonx Tibajia [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1381654 [Title] => Raffles Hotel holds first Philippine Literary Festival [Summary] =>

It’s 2018 and Writers Bar is like it always is — like New York in the ‘70s, or Paris in the ‘20s, or a golden time of some glorious place — there is not one seat that is not occupied by an artist of some sort and their cool-crazy-socially-awkward posse of fans, frenemies and friends.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804861 [AuthorName] => Chonx Tibajia [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1295875 [Title] => Meeting mitch albom [Summary] =>

"Can I hug you?" I asked him. He answered, "Sure, Sweetheart," and welcomed me into his open arms. I embraced him tightly, silently thanking God for the rare moment.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514371 [AuthorName] => Melcah Joyce R. Licup [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294392 [Title] => Mitch Albom to help rebuild libraries in Philippines [Summary] =>

U.S. author Mitch Albom has launched a drive to rebuild 10 libraries in Tacloban, a central Philippine city ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan in November.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 12:57:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294227 [Title] => Mitch Albom namigay ng libro sa mga na-Yolanda [Summary] =>

Dumating sa bansa ang internationally acclaimed author ng best-selling book sa Tuesdays With Morrie (which has already been translated into a TV special) upang tumulong sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda sa Tacloban City, Leyte.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134730 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1308811 [AuthorName] => Ernie Pecho [SectionName] => Pang Movies [SectionUrl] => pang-movies [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244473 [Title] => Spring-cleaning in October [Summary] =>

When October started, I found myself doing some spring-cleaning, an activity I normally do after the Feast of the Epiphany in January. But one day, I couldn’t wait to take out some clutter in my room. I was surprised at the worth of wisdom I discovered in my closet.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134888 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909606 [Title] => Risa Hontiveros loves magic realism, women’s rights and Filipino authors [Summary] =>

As an advocate for women’s rights, Risa Hontiveros is a known champion of the Reproductive Health Law, which she believes to be a pro-life, pro-choice, and pro-chance measure.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135996 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1339963 [AuthorName] => Girlie Rodis [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 839185 [Title] => A Woman and Wife in God's Eyes [Summary] =>

My mother is a homemaker, a "housewife", like most moms. As simple as that sounds, her profession is way more complicated. She has achieved much to become the very description of a woman and a wife in God's eyes. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1484293 [AuthorName] => Mai Kyra Rose Roque [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 828613 [Title] => Flipping pages to reality [Summary] =>

My academic love story began with a page flip and book’s dog ear fold during my first grade. I have always loved studying.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136140 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698904 [Title] => Sa pagpupursigi magtatagumpay [Summary] =>

SUMIKAT na manunulat si Amy Tan (bestsellers: The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses) hindi dahil sa malaking break, kundi sa pagkaka-sibak.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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