Gina Apostol

Feb 27, 2024 | lilyjmeyer.com | Chris Bachelder |Gina Apostol

About the bookWhen sixteen-year-old Gabriel Lazris, an American in Santiago, Chile, meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody’s saying there’s going to be a coup—and no one says it louder than Gabriel’s dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel’s father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home.

Jun 8, 2023 | lmtonline.com | Gina Apostol

I've listened to Byrne's music since I was a kid in Tacloban, a small provincial city in the Philippines made infamous by its association with the former first lady, who grew up there. A child of the '70s, I was shaped by disco and dictatorship.

Jun 8, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Gina Apostol

Comment on this storyCommentNEW YORK — The table in David Byrne’s office is stacked high with printed matter — all about the Philippines. Following the success of his concert-style show “American Utopia,” Byrne, 71, is setting the stage for another Broadway production: “Here Lies Love,” a disco musical about Imelda Marcos. Composed with Fatboy Slim, the musical premiered off-Broadway at New York’s Public Theater in 2013.

Apr 30, 2023 | nytimes.com | Hari Kunzru |Gina Apostol

Book Review|A Complex Family History in a Nation of Many Tongueshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/books/review/gina-apostol-la-tercera.htmlFictionGina Apostol’s new novel, “La Tercera,” is about a writer and her ancestry, but its most profound preoccupation is language. Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.

Apr 28, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Joyce Carol Oates |Claire McMillan |Claire Mcmillan |Charlotte Mendelson |Gina Apostol

Joyce Carol Oates. Knopf, $29 (272p) ISBN 978-0-593-53586-8Oates (Blonde) exploits the relentless and unforgiving natures of her characters in this captivating collection. The “sulky-shy” philosophy student at the center of the title story obsesses over her married professor, whose unexpected betrayal drives the plot into bonkers territory.