Publications – Adrian Alarilla

Poem featured in 4Culture’s Poetry in Public

It’s an honor to be featured once more at 4Culture’s Poetry in Public. This year’s theme was “Places of Landing.” I wrote a poem in Tagalog called “Sa Laot” (At Sea). READ HERE

New Essay Published in Wasafiri special issue

My essay, “Passionate Engagements, Intimate Entrapments: Love, War, and Those Caught Between EMPIRE and Nation” has been published in Wasafiri Magazine as part of a special issue on Southeast Asia and the Littoral. Earlier, a version of this article was also conferred the 2023 Biography Prize by the Center for Biographical Research (CBR) at theContinue reading “New Essay Published in Wasafiri special issue”

Report on Mental Health Supports in Alaska’s Schools now out!

Last year, my team and I at Stellar Group were contracted by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority to write a report on mental and behavioral health needs in Alaska’s public schools. We conducted interviews, did a policy analysis and gathered indicator data, ultimately highlighting various strategies done by school districts to provide better mentalContinue reading “Report on Mental Health Supports in Alaska’s Schools now out!”

Article out now in the latest issue of Pelikula Journal!

Pelikula: A Journal of Philippine Cinema is published annually by the University of the Philippines Film Institute. It broadly covers national and regional perspectives on Philippine cinema and publishes academic articles, opinion pieces, reviews, interviews, and visual essays. I am so excited to be part of the latest issue that just came out. My essayContinue reading “Article out now in the latest issue of Pelikula Journal!”

Seattle Times article on Asian American representation

I was interviewed and was quoted in a recently published article by Crystal Paul of the Seattle Times. The article focused on Bruce Lee’s legacy and the continuing struggle for Asian American representation in the media today. I talked about the role of small, community festivals such as Diwa and SEAxSEA in amplifying community voicesContinue reading “Seattle Times article on Asian American representation”

“A String of Specters:” new essay out now!

An essay I wrote, “A String of Specters: Reflections on the Haunting in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees,” was just published in Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, for an issue on “Southeast Asia: Comparisons and Cross-Border Linkages.” You can view the journal issue here. I wrote it as part book review, partContinue reading ““A String of Specters:” new essay out now!”