Monstress (short story collection)

In "Monstress", Filipina actress Reva Gogo and her B-Movie director boyfriend go to Los Angeles hoping that an American director can help them be successful.{{cite web |url=http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-04/arts/31020120_1_philippine-island-filipina-manilatown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118084801/http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-04/arts/31020120_1_philippine-island-filipina-manilatown |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |title=‘Monstress’ by Lysley Tenorio |author=Laura Collins-Hughes |date=February 4, 2012 |work=The Boston Globe |accessdate=February 21, 2012}}

In "Help", a man recruits his nephew to fight the Beatles for being rude to Imelda Marcos.{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lysley-tenorio/monstress/#review |title=Mnstress |date=December 15, 2011 |work=Kirkus Reviews |accessdate=February 21, 2012}}

In "Superassassin", an isolated boy writes a biographical report on the Green Lantern and practices being a super-powered avenger with disastrous results.

In "Felix Starro", the grandson of a famous Filipino faith healer plans his escape from the family business.

In "The Brothers", a man buries his transgender sister with the help of her friend and remembers the brother he lost.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146140123/monstress-the-beautiful-and-the-damned |title='Monstress': The Beautiful And The Damned |author=Alexander Chee |date=February 1, 2012 |work=NPR |accessdate=February 21, 2012}}

In "The View From Culion", a young woman raised in a leper colony strikes up a tentative friendship with a US Navy officer afflicted with the disease.{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2012/02/monstress_review_caught_in_a_h.html |title='Monstress' review: Caught in a holding pattern, straddling a divide |author=Brandi K. Herrera |date=February 18, 2012 |work=Oregon Live |accessdate=February 21, 2012}}

In "Save the I-Hotel", an elderly man tries to manage his homosexual desire for his oldest friend.

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• [http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/31/lysley-tenorio-on-%E2%80%98monstress%E2%80%99/ "Lysley Tonorio on Monstress", The Paris Review, January 31, 2012]
• [https://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146140123/monstress-the-beautiful-and-the-damned "'Monstress': The Beautiful and The Damned", NPR, February 1, 2012]
• [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/02/24/monstress_by_lysley_tenorio_short_stories_about_otherness_and_connection.html "Book of the Week: Monstress", Slate, February 24, 2012]
• [http://therumpus.net/2012/06/the-rumpus-interview-with-lysley-tenorio/ Interview at The Rumpus, June 14, 2012]
• [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/underrated_books_overlooked_fiction_and_nonfiction_of_2012.html "The Books of 2012 You Never Heard About (But Should've), Slate, November 28, 2012]

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