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Jessica Hagedorn

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Manila, Philippines

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Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn was born (and raised) in Manila, Philippines in 1949. With her background, a Scots-Irish-French-Filipino mother and a Filipino-Spanish father with one Chinese ancestor, Hagedorn adds a unique perspective to Asian American performance and literature. Her mixed media style often incorporates song, poetry, images, and spoken dialogue.

Moving to San Francisco in 1963, Hagedorn received her education at the American Conservatory Theater training program. To further pursue playwriting and music, she moved to New York in 1978.

Joseph Papp produced her first play Mango Tango in 1978. Hagedorn's other productions include Tenement Lover, Holy Food, and Teenytown.

In 1985, 1986, and 1988, she received Macdowell Colony Fellowship ...more

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Jessica Hagedorn’s books

Average rating: 3.68 · 6,375 ratings · 595 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dogeaters 3.61 avg rating — 3,097 ratings — published 1990 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manila Noir (Akashic Noir) by Jessica Hagedorn (Editor), Lysley Tenorio (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rosario Cruz-Lucero (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gangster of Love: A Novel 3.61 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dream Jungle 3.51 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toxicology 3.12 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction by Jessica Hagedorn (Editor), Meena Alexander, Hisaye Yamamoto 3.98 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World by Jessica Hagedorn (Introduction), Christina Chiu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Ho Davies (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Danger and Beauty 4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women by Jessica Hagedorn (Foreword), Elaine H. Kim (Editor), Lilia Villanueva (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines by Jessica Hagedorn (Introduction), Hagedorn Roth, Marissa Roth (Photographer) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Charlie Chan Is Dead (2 books)
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Jessica Hagedorn (Introduction),

Christina Chiu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Peter Ho Davies (Contributor),

Linh Dinh (Contributor),

Eric Gamalinda (Contributor),

Karl Taro Greenfeld (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

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Quotes by Jessica Hagedorn (?)

“Don't say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals 'fine choice.”
― Jessica Hagedorn, The Gangster of Love: A Novel

tags: filipino, filipino-authors, identity, nationality

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“The Suffering Pilipino: We Pinoys suffer collectively from a cultural inferiority complex. We are doomed by our need for assimilation into the West and our own curious fatalism...He describes us as a complex nation of cynics, descendants of warring tribes which were baptized and colonized to death by Spaniards and Americans, as a nation betrayed and then united only by our hunger for glamour and our Hollywood dreams.”
― Jessica Hagedorn, Dogeaters

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