Biography of Jessica Hagedorn

Jessica Hagedorn, author of The Blossoming of Bongbong, is a well-regarded Filipino writer, playwright, poet, and multimedia performance artist. She gives life to a rather confused and superficial character named Bongbong in this book, which was...

Published in 1990, Dogeaters earned Jessica Hagedorn an American Book Award and was nominated for the National Book Award, losing out to Charles Johnson’s highly acclaimed Middle Passage. With chapter narrative by five different characters...