Found in Translation Book Club

Found in Translation book club tours the globe through world literature in translation. We will explore different countries, cultures, and communities through amazing stories, gaining a fresh perspective as we focus on reading diversely. Join us each month for a new literary trip that will broaden our horizons and ultimately enrich our world.

This month we are reading Ulirát edited by Kristine Ong Muslim and Daryll Delgado, translated by John Bengan. The Found in Translation book club will meet at 7 PM on Friday, June 20th.

A man grows mushrooms from his nostrils, a town elects three mayors at the same time, a woman gives birth to a snake, and a boy wonders if his soldier father is an aswang.

Ulirát: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines offers alternative visions of the islands beyond poverty and paradise. A vital survey of the richness and diversity of modern Philippine short stories, Ulirát features fiction from Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Waray, Kinaray-a, and Akeanon translated into English for the first time for international audiences. Vigorous writing from Filipino writers living in different parts of the archipelago re-animate Duterte’s Philippines, dramatizing everything from the drug wars, widespread corruption, and environmental degradation in surprisingly surreal and illuminating ways.

Tagalog for “consciousness,” the anthology champions a more expansive, nuanced conception of Filipino literature beyond the confines of English-language Filipino literature.

Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us at Dog·Eared Books at 7 PM on Friday, June 20th, to discuss the book with book club host Mariah! This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate, no registration necessary.

Also, for 20 minutes after each club meeting, you will receive 20% off all books and merchandise!

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Content Warnings for Found in Translation 2025
Content Warnings for Ulirát
Content Warnings for Reservoir Bitches
Content Warnings for The Backstreets
Content Warnings for Punished
Content Warnings for Happy Stories, Mostly
Content Warnings for Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
Content Warnings for The Silver Bone