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The Malaya Lolas
Lola Lita outside the remains of the Red House, which is what the Malaya Lolas call the house where they were repeatedly assaulted by Japanese soldiers.
In the wake of postwar trauma, and absent any formal restitution, a group of Filipina women have forged their own path toward healing.
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Issue: Winter 2021 / Volume 97/4
Published: December 13, 2021
Hannah Reyes Morales contributes photography and writing to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and National Geographic, among others.
Nicola Sebastian is a Filipino writer and surfer. She graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, where she was the managing editor of the Columbia Journal and taught fiction writing to undergraduates. She lives in La Union, Philippines, where she cofounded Emerging Islands, a coastal-based arts-for-ecology residency...