SA bagong librong Manila Was A Long Time Ago (#manilawasalongtimeago) ni AA Patawaran, Lifestyle Editor ng Manila Bulletin , ay tampok sa cover ang isang painting ni Heart Evangelista, na mula sa @iamhearte Instagram Stories ng actress.
“The real dog on the cover of my new book #manilawasalongtimeago, a collection of short stories, on which Heart Evangelista and I collaborated yet again,” post ni AA.
“The dog is Panda, princess in real life, and there she is luxuriating on the cover that harks back to those ancestral homes-set soirees and parties of life in Manila and elsewhere in the country,” tinukoy ang adopted Aspin ni Heart.
“The cover art and all the interior artworks in the book are by Heart (@iamlovemarie_e) and this is why, just like @the HAINAKUbook, #hainaku, this book to be launched officially in October (though it was made available at the just concluded Philippine Readers and Writers Festival and will be made available in limited copies at the upcoming Manila International Book Fair in September), is extra special—twice a work of art, two souls in one!”
Nag-post din si Heart: “Panda! Thank you once again for featuring my paintings in this wonderful book @aapatawaran.”
Ikatlong libro na ito ni AA, na ang una ay Write Here Write Now, na sinundan ng HAI[NA] And Other Poems.
-NORA V. CALDERON