This Is How I Hold You From Here /
A Companion to A Manual on How to Pack and Send a Balikbayan Box
“This Is How I Hold You From Here / A Companion to A Manual on How to Pack and Send a Balikbayan Box is a two-sided book by Cebuano arts-based researcher and author Kaye Yuvallos that explores the many layers of meaning held by the balikbayan box.
Through its two complementary sides, the book considers the balikbayan box as more than a container for goods. It examines how this familiar object becomes a vessel for care, memory, longing, and connection, particularly among Filipinos whose relationships span geographical distances.
The book also invites us to reflect on the complexities of giving and receiving. What we choose to send can carry our intentions, but these may not always align with what the recipient needs or wishes to receive. Beneath the familiar practice of sending a balikbayan box are questions about how we express love, how we understand one another, and how we maintain relationships across borders.”
-- Mef Marzan, Manila Illustration Fair
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Through its two complementary sides, the book considers the balikbayan box as more than a container for goods. It examines how this familiar object becomes a vessel for care, memory, longing, and connection, particularly among Filipinos whose relationships span geographical distances.
The book also invites us to reflect on the complexities of giving and receiving. What we choose to send can carry our intentions, but these may not always align with what the recipient needs or wishes to receive. Beneath the familiar practice of sending a balikbayan box are questions about how we express love, how we understand one another, and how we maintain relationships across borders.”
-- Mef Marzan, Manila Illustration Fair
Pre-Order Form