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ABSTRACT
’Two for the Price of One’ was written when the author was a student at Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program in Plainfield, Vermont. It is a self-contained memoir excerpt whose major theme is the child’s developing sense of responsibility, and it explores the universality of dread at the knowledge of one’s own guilt. The events recounted take place in Metro Manila, Philippines, during the early 1990s. The piece is a chapter from a larger work in progress that juxtaposes the author’s tumultuous childhood in the Philippines, with his migration to and fragmentary life in the United States.
Note on contributor
Mike Alvarez received his MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and is pursuing a PhD in Communication and a Graduate Certificate in Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mike is also a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and is writing a book titled The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity, which will be published by Rowman & Littlefield’s Lexington imprint.