Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters

Two themes from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s study, Kafka Toward a Minor Literature, serve as an inspiration for this rumination on Carlos Bulosan’s 1955 letter to Florentino B. Valeros about writing and the responsibilities of the writer. Because Bulosan was an inherently political writer, h...

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Main Authors: Alquizola, Marilyn C., Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-15832024-12-18T08:00:03Z Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters Alquizola, Marilyn C. Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo Two themes from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s study, Kafka Toward a Minor Literature, serve as an inspiration for this rumination on Carlos Bulosan’s 1955 letter to Florentino B. Valeros about writing and the responsibilities of the writer. Because Bulosan was an inherently political writer, his correspondence is part-and-parcel of his writing machine, inclusive of his poetry, short stories, novels, and expository essays. In this, Bulosan’s case is parallel to that of Kafka. In contradistinction to Kafka, however, Bulosan’s letters are not easily categorized in terms of thematics such as those Deleuze and Guattari identify in the cases of Kafka and Proust. Because both his life and his cultural production were forged in the heat of struggles for workers’ rights, against racism, and against various manifestations of anti-immigrant, anti-Filipino, and anti-progressive sentiments during his life- time, Bulosan’s correspondence demarks a line of flight that is distinctive from the conventions expressed by other authors in their letters. 2024-12-18T13:11:57Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss23/10 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1583 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1583/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n23_2014_5D_203.1.2_ForumKritika_ArchivalAnchors_Alquizola_Hirabayashi.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo America Is in the Heart as minor literature Bulosan’s letters Carlos Bulosan Carlos Bulosan on writing and art Carlos Bulosan political writing politics and writing
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topic America Is in the Heart as minor literature
Bulosan’s letters
Carlos Bulosan
Carlos Bulosan on writing and art
Carlos Bulosan
political writing
politics and writing
spellingShingle America Is in the Heart as minor literature
Bulosan’s letters
Carlos Bulosan
Carlos Bulosan on writing and art
Carlos Bulosan
political writing
politics and writing
Alquizola, Marilyn C.
Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo
Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters
description Two themes from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s study, Kafka Toward a Minor Literature, serve as an inspiration for this rumination on Carlos Bulosan’s 1955 letter to Florentino B. Valeros about writing and the responsibilities of the writer. Because Bulosan was an inherently political writer, his correspondence is part-and-parcel of his writing machine, inclusive of his poetry, short stories, novels, and expository essays. In this, Bulosan’s case is parallel to that of Kafka. In contradistinction to Kafka, however, Bulosan’s letters are not easily categorized in terms of thematics such as those Deleuze and Guattari identify in the cases of Kafka and Proust. Because both his life and his cultural production were forged in the heat of struggles for workers’ rights, against racism, and against various manifestations of anti-immigrant, anti-Filipino, and anti-progressive sentiments during his life- time, Bulosan’s correspondence demarks a line of flight that is distinctive from the conventions expressed by other authors in their letters.
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author Alquizola, Marilyn C.
Hirabayashi, Lane Ryo
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title Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters
title_short Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters
title_full Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters
title_fullStr Carlos Bulosan on Writing: The Role of Letters
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publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss23/10
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1583/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n23_2014_5D_203.1.2_ForumKritika_ArchivalAnchors_Alquizola_Hirabayashi.pdf
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