![]() ![]() Hosted by John Freeman, book club members gathered virtually last night to discuss Castillo’s America Is Not the Heart, a sweeping novel that tells a story of the Filipino American diaspora in Milpitas, California-just a few miles away from Castillo’s hometown, San Jose. Especially in writing scenes and dialogue of people who cannot say what they mean most of the time because they’re not trafficking in their primary language,” said Elaine Castillo, of creating the space for realism in her debut novel, at the fourth installment of Alta Journal’s California Book Club. ![]() ![]() There is something that I’ve always found extremely touching-moving, in particular-about people who have a really difficult time with expressing their emotions, with expressing their feelings, who feel more comfortable in silence. ![]()
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