Lysley Tenorio and Jessica Hagedorn

Short-story writer Tenorio, who has won a Pushcart and has been published in a number of big lit journals, comes forward with his first collection, Monstress. Intrepid playwright, novelist, poet and performance artist Hagedorn's latest is Toxicology, a tale about a pair of self-destructive, aging artists. Both authors read from their writings and talk about working as Americans with roots in the Philippines.