Interviews
February 20, 2024
Gina Apostol’s book connects the Filipino-American War to today. Hawaii Public Radio
June 29, 2023
Chat with Cristina Marconi on La rivoluzione secondo Raymundo Mata. Libreria Tempo Ritrovato, Milan
June 8, 2023
Literary Thursdays at Queens Public Library. Talk on La Tercera. To access, use password yN3KZfVv.
May 27, 2023
“The Mis-Translation of Philippine History.” Interview with Jaeyoun Yoo in Electric Lit.
May 13, 2023
Book talk on La Tercera with Zack Linmark. City Lights, San Francisco, CA.
May 8, 2023
“At Home with Literati: Gina Apostol and Ligaya Mishan.” On La Tercera. Literati Books, Ann Arbor, MI.
May 4, 2023
Book talk on La Tercera with Adrian de Leon. Bel Canto Books, Long Beach, CA.
May 3, 2023
Book talk on La Tercera with Idra Novey. Politics and Prose, DC.
May 2, 2023
Book launch of La Tercera with Jessica Hagedorn. McNally-Jackson, NYC.
April 2023
Notes on a Revolution: Three Days of Reading Gina Apostol’s The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. R. Zamora Linmark in The Hopkins Review.
May 7, 2022
Interview with Ruel de Vera for Philippine Inquirer on Rome Prize.
May 5, 2022
Interview on The Final Word with Rico Hizon on Rome Prize. CNN Philippines.
March 12, 2022
Conversation with Patricia McManus on Insurrecto for Marxist Education Project: on youtube; on vimeo.
March 7, 2022
Interview by Lily Meyer in [the last issue of] The Believer.
February 1, 2022
Talk with Librarian Jaena Rae Cabrera for AAPI Communities in Conversation.
January 26, 2022
Talk with Malaka Gharib on Bibliolepsy at City Lights Bookstore, SF.
January 14, 2022
January 11, 2022
Talk with Zack Linmark on Bibliolepsy at Literati Bookstore.
January 4, 2022
Launch of Bibliolepsy with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Politics and Prose, DC, virtual
December 12, 2021
“Fiction and History.” Conversation with Eric Gamalinda for Ateneo de Manila University Press on My Sad Republic and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata.
September 21, 2021
Interview with Brainard Carey for Yale University’s WYBC Radio.
May 7, 2021
Youtube edition of April 14 panel with Luisa Valenzuela (in Buenos Aires), Francisco Goldman (in Mexico City), Jonathan Levi (in Rome), and Magda Bogin (in New York) for Mexico's Under the Volcano on the topic "Writing During the Pandemic."
April 23, 2021
Interview with Glenn Diaz for Fully Booked Chats (Philippines).
April 13, 2021
Interview with Alessandro Raveggi for Ca Foscari University (Venice, Italy).
March 24, 2021
Eastwind Bookstore's Chat and Q&A with MT Vallarta. On The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata.
March 12, 2021
Radcliffe Institute's "Stories We Tell and Objects We Keep." Youtube video of panel on Asian American women and the archive. My talk on Insurrecto's stereo cards starts around 35:08.
February 16, 2021
No Failure of the Imagination. Interview by Sabina Murray on Raymundo Mata at Lithub.
January 29, 2021
Chat with Elaine Castillo at Literati Bookstore on Raymundo Mata.
January 26, 2021
Advice to Writers. Questions by Jon Winokur.
January 21, 2021
Chat with Grace Talusan on Raymundo Mata at A Mighty Blaze podcast.
January 18, 2021
Launch of Raymundo Mata with Mark Doten at City Lights Books. January 12.
January 13, 2021.
Chat on Raymundo Mata with Rina Mapa. Toronto Public Library via Zoom.
October 16, 2020
Raymundo Mata Gets Meta. Interview by Jen Doll in Publishers Weekly.
July 6, 2020
Interview on Insurrecto with the Lift-Up Pod. With Vina Orden and Tamara Crawford.
February 28, 2020
The Novel and Technologies of Empire. Interview by Paul Nadal for AAWW.
February 2020
In Conversation: Gina Apostol and Preti Taneja. In The White Review.
November 21, 2019
Gina Apostol is not in the business of making people comfortable. Interview by Zofiya Acosta in Nolisoli.ph
October 3, 2019
A Conversation with Gina Apostol. In Metro-Style, Philippines.
October 2, 2019
Q&A with Thom Cuell in Minor Literatures (UK).
September 20, 2019
In Her Own Words. In Asian Tatler.
September 13, 2019
The Revolution According to Gina Apostol. Interview by Marc Schorin for Princeton Prog.
August 15, 2019
Ateneo/Kritika Kultura Podcast: Convo with Dominick Sy, moderated by Daryll Delgado.
August 14, 2019
Business World Philippines. “History Lessons.”
August 13, 2019
Esquire Philippines. “How Novelist Gina Apostol Makes Historical Narratives.”
August 11, 2019
Philippine Star: "Two Novelists Revisit Apocalpypse Now."
August 9, 2019.
CNN Philippines Life. “Gina Apostol on our ‘unhealthy search’ for a whole identity.”
August 1, 2019
GMA Lifestyle. “Gina Apostol is a legend to many and a myth to some.” :)
August 1, 2019
ABS-CBN t.v. interview. “Gina Apostol and Gail Villanueva on sharing Filipino stories.”
July 15, 2019
Q&A with Clare Bogen on Fitzcarraldo Editions blog.
April 11, 2019
Interview with Rayner Ramirez on tv show This Asian American Life, CUNY.
April 2, 2019
Interview with Micah Stark for Fiction Advocate: A Way to Poke at Power.
February 27, 2019
AAWW Podcast, Insurrecto w/ Sabina Murray (moderator): Apple radio.
February 13, 2019
AAWW Launch, Insurrecto w/ Sabina Murray (moderator): Youtube video.
January 7, 2019
Interview with Brian Lehrer, WNYC
December 31, 2018
Interview with Laurel Flores Fantauzzo on Los Angeles Review of Books.
December 13, 2018
Interview with Glenn Diaz on CNN Philippines on Insurrecto.
November 10, 2018; audio, 6:59 min
NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto.'
March 21, 2018
AAWW Podcast: Launch of Go Home! Pt 1.
AAWW Podcast: Launch of Go Home! Pt 2.
September 29, 2016; video, 1 hr 26 min
Asia Society: Crossing Boundaries—Four Writers on Fictionalizing Southeast Asia. With Jessica Hagedorn, Alfian Sa'at, and Jeremy Tiang; moderated by Harold Augenbraum. Organized Jee Leong Koh of Singapore Literature Festival and Singapore Unbound.
July 2015; video; 11:27 minutes
Gina Apostol on Gun Dealers' Daughter and Narrative Voice. Rowan Hisayo Buchanan of AAWW interviewed me about the use of language, narrative, and structure in Gun Dealers' Daughter. Thanks, Rowan and Asian American Writers' Workshop.
October 2013; video published August 2014
2013 PEN America Awards. The video presents the entire awards ceremony; my speech is at 32:26.
May 2014
Author Interview. Oral interview by Bookmarked, a blog.
May 1, 2014
Spot.Ph: Ten Questions for Filipino Novelist. Interview by Nerissa Balce.
April 21, 2014
Philippine Daily Inquirer: Philippine Novelist Wins US Book Award amid Cancer and Yolanda. Interview by Ruey De Vera.
March 21, 2014
Five Qs with Gina Apostol. Interview by writinglikeanasian.
October 2013
Riffle Books: Backstory Q&A. Interview by Amy Brinker.
September 19, 2013
Hyphen Magazine. Interview by Laurel Fantauzzo.
June 3, 2013
Manila Noir, Asia Society. Complete panel discussion, with Jessica Hagedorn, Sabina Murray, Gina Apostol and filmmaker Ron Morales. Allan Isaac, moderator.
October 18, 2012
The Recorder: "Memory is Deception" Interview by Trish Crapo.
August 30, 2012
Giant Robot: Q&A. Interview by Ed Lin.
July 2012
Bookslut, Gun Dealers' Daughter. Interview by Denise Scarfi.
July 10, 2012
WCVB Cityline, Gun Dealers' Daughter. Television interview by Karen Holmes.
2010
Kritika Kultura 15, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. Interview by Daryll Delgado.