Over a Cup of Ginger Tea: Conversations on the Literary Narratives of Filipino Women Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo discusses the nuances surrounding the representation of women in literature and the not-so-distant realities that still haunt women in society, including women writers. Overall, she also hopes to inspire the love of literature by providing the reader with the impressive reading list below:

"Servant Girl" by Estella Alfon (Short Story, 1937); "The Corral" by Edith Tiempo (Short Story, 1948); "Sunburn" by Gilda Cordero Fernando (Short Story, the 1950s); "The Virgin" by Kerima Polotan (Short Story, 1951-1952); "Love in the Cornhusks" by Aida Rivera-Ford (Short Story, 1957); "Filipinos in America" by Kerima Polotan (Essay, the 1960s); "Compostela" by Estrella Alfon (Short Story, 1960); "No Exit" by Rosario Garcellano (Essay, the 1970s); "A Question of Identity" by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (Essay, 1973); Sand in the Palm by Maria Luna Lopez (Essays, 1976); His Native Coast by Edith Tiempo (Novel, 1979); "The American Experience" by Barbara Gonzales (Essay, the 1980s); "Marion" by Katrina Tuvera (Short Story, the 1990s); The Alien Corn by Edith Tiempo (Novel, 1992); "A Concept of a Primitive" by Edith Tiempo (Essay, 1993); A String of Pearls by Paz Policarpio Mendez (Autobiography, 1993); "The Level of Each Day's Need," "The Dust Monster," "High Fashion," "A Fear of Heights" by Gilda Cordero Fernando (Modern Fairy Tale, 1994); Breaking the Silence by Lourdes Reyes Montinola (1996); Living with the Enemy by Pacita Pestaño Jacinto (1999); "Lavander" by Socorro Villanueva (Short Story, 2001); Whatever by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (Essays, 2002); Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan (Novel, 2002); Getting Better by Tara FT Sering (Novel, 2002); "Metropole Valentine" by Maria Romina Gonzales (Short Story, 2003); "At the Beach" by Lilldeshan Bose (Short Story, unpublished). 

A fictionist, critic, and scholar, Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo is one of the country's leading pioneers for creative nonfiction. She is currently Professor Emeritus of English & Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines (Diliman) and Director of the University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies. She was awarded the Southeast Asian Recorders (S.E.A.Write) Lifetime Achievement Award on August 10, 2023.

Publisher: 
The University of the Philippines Press, Philippines

Publication Date:
2006 (first printing)
2009 (second printing)

Format: 
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches /  138 pages / BW

Language:
English

ISBN: 978-971-542-524-7