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Bago pa man matapos ito, pangungunahan na kitang rurupok ako at bibigay at itatanggi kong sumagi sa isipan ko ang mga bagay-bagay na malamangitanggi mo rin. Na gusto kong tapikin ka sa balikato...
View ArticleTanungin Mo Ako
Kapag nagyelo ang ilog tanungin mo akotungkol sa ‘king mga pagkakamali. Tanungin mo ‘ko kungkagagawan ko ang buhay kong ito. Marami nangsumagi nang marahang-marahansa ‘king isipan, may ibang sumubok...
View ArticleAwit ni Penelope
Munting kaluluwa, munting nilalang na laging nahuhubaranDinggin ang pagsusumamo ko, pumanhikSa malapitak na sanga ng spruce.Maghintay sa tuktok, listo, mistulangTanod o bantay. Uuwi rin siya...
View Article2010 MADRIGAL-GONZALEZ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD NOMINEES
Congrats kay Axel na siyang tumanggap ng award para sa akin dalawang taon na ang nakakaraan. Heto ang bahagi ng press release from Likhaan:2010 MADRIGAL-GONZALEZ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD NOMINEES...
View ArticleWhat I Look For When I Read a New Work by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
An advice to young Filipino writers of sorts. Thanks Ma'am Jing!What I Look For When I Read a New Workby Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (At the UP National Writers’ Workshop, held in Baguio every summer by...
View ArticleJim Agustin's bookS of poems out soon
My good friend, South Africa-based poet Jim Agustin's latest books of poems in English called "Alien to Any Skin" and in Filipino called "Baha-Bahagdang Karupukan" will be released soon by the...
View ArticleMondo Marcos Anthology
If you haven't read my book yet, you can read some of the stories (as part of "5+5=Voltes V", a suite of Martial Law themed short stories) in the Mondo Marcos Anthology (Anvil Publishing, 2010) edited...
View Articlea new year, a new poem
My poem called "Self-serve" appears in the latest issue of Kweli Journal. Read it here:
View Article"Pagluwas" sa Atisan Novels
Nabanggit ni Edgar Calabia Samar sa kanyang panayam sa PEN National Conference (Disyembre 2009) ang "Pagluwas" na kabilang sa ilang mga bago-bagong aklat na nailathala na napakadaling mapagkamalang...
View ArticleIpinaliwanag Ng Lalaki Ang Souvenirs Niya
Dalawampung taon na ang lumipas nang namanaagang kalansay ng baboy ramo kasama ng mga lilana nabubulok ang mga dahonsa pag-init ng tagsibol. Binali ko ang bagang nito mula sa pagkakabungisngis na...
View ArticleGo Roland!
19 US-Based Academics from 16 Top Universities Endorse Dean Roland Tolentino19 January 2011President Alfredo E. PascualUniversity of the Philippines Dear President Pascual:We are writing to express our...
View ArticleSOS from the writers' community in the RP
Writer and publisher Antonio Hidalgo (husband of Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo) is undergoing emergency surgery at the Heart Center. He needs at least 20 blood donations. His blood type is A+. If you can...
View ArticleKritika Kultura Soft Launch
I have three short short stories appearing in the literary issue of Kritika Kultura, Ateneo de Manila University's international online journal of language. Here's the announcement for the soft...
View ArticleHeto na ang Tapat Journal
From Edgar Samar: Inaanyayahan namin kayo sa paglulunsad (sa wakas!) ng unang isyu ng Tapat Journal sa ika-22 ng Pebrero 2011, 4:30 n.h. sa Escaler Hall, sa Ateneo de Manila. Tampok ang nobelang...
View ArticleThree Poems in Asia Writes
Read three poems from my new work collectively called -30- (thirty-word poems) In Praise of Electronica, Kindergarten and Troubled Sleep Pours In in Asia Writes here.
View ArticleThree Poems in Monday Magazine
If you're in Manila, grab a copy of the March-April issue of Monday Magazine where my poems "The Box," "All Your Saturdays Over," and "To See California" appear.
View ArticleTHE HUNDREDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! vs. Sais
Reposted from Adam David: All our hundred years of art and lit are merely degrees of elaborations on declarations of Love. What more is there to say? This is a call for Love. This is a call for a...
View ArticleEksistensya
“dahil mula pa noong sandaling ako’y umiral, buhat-buhat ko na ang bigat ng mundo at ni walang bagay o sinumang makakatulong sa akin upang mapagaan ito.” - Jean Paul SartreMagkatalikod tayo...
View ArticleMagkakaibang Aso
Nakaupo ako kasama ang munting Doberman na buto't balatsa ibabaw ng mabahong umbok sa likod ng OklahomaCity Animal Shelter. Siniguro kong ilakad ang mga kaawa-awa aso. Paos na kumaholang iba nang...
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