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I'VE always believed that Philippine and Caribbean writers share many similarities. The tropical settings, the burdens of colonialism and their love affairs with the English language have produced important books.
When I was accepted into the highly competitive Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2018, I looked for a teacher who was not white and preferably from the Caribbean.
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