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Carlos Bulosan and the echo park branch library

The Pursuit of Freedom: Carlos Bulosan’s Elusive America

January 27, 2026

Carlos Bulosan was 17 when he arrived in Seattle in 1930. The son of farmers in Pangasinan, Philippines, he had little formal education and limited English. Like many others before and since, he wanted a better life.


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