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Monica Macansantos

Monica Macansantos
Monica Macansantos is the author of the essay collection Returning to My Father’s Kitchen (Curbstone, 2025) and the story collection Love and Other Rituals (2022). She was recently a Shearing Fellow with the Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas and is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers. Her writing has recently appeared in River Styx, Bennington Review, and Poor Yorick.


Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

The Author of “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen” Recalls Visiting Book Markets in the Philippines
May 15, 2025  By Monica Macansantos
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The Grief of Publishing a Book Without the Parent Who Inspired You

Monica Macansantos on the Words Her Father Awakened
October 24, 2022  By Monica Macansantos
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