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Rofel G. Brion

Rofel G. Brion is professor of interdisciplinary studies, literature, creative writing and popular culture at the Ateneo de Manila University. He writes poetry and prose in English and Filipino, and coaches writers online (rbrion@ateneo.edu).

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On the Twenty-Third Floor

a speckle of duston my window has just disappeared in a cloud

January 3, 2024

Poetry

As Fog

As fog grazes these hillsawash with browning shrubs,shanties creep from the valleylined with rivers swelling withdry rocks and restless ants.

January 19, 2023

Poetry

What Is Your Name?

How do you call yourselfwhen no one, not even you,listens? Where do you find the wordswhen everything escapes yourthoughts? What stories come to lifewhen images are...

January 13, 2023

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Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed. In Western theater, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle discussed “Thespis of Icaria” in his foundational literary work, Poetics. Thespis is regarded by history as...

WalterMart shares holiday cheer through Handog Pamasko

WalterMart Supermarket recently completed its annual Handog Pamasko program, distributing over 9,600 grocery packs across Metro Manila, North Luzon, and South Luzon as part of its season-of-sharing efforts to support communities during the holiday season. Through the Handog Pamasko program, WalterMart works closely with customers to bring the...

Instituto Cervantes to host lecture on the British Empire and the Philippine Revolution on Jan. 27

The Instituto Cervantes at Intramuros will host the lecture “The British Empire and the Philippine Revolution, 1896–1902” on Tuesday, January 27, at 2:00 pm. The event will be delivered by Spanish historian Laura Díaz Esteve and will be conducted in English. The Philippine Revolution of 1896–1902 and the...

Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Anatomy of a repeating scandal: Lessons in investigating a failed 1926 public works project

When there is no Planet B, how do you get to point C?

El Colegio De San Ildefonso presents “The Acapulco–Manila Galleon: We Are the Pacific: The World That Emerged From The Tropics”

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Rofel G. Brion

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Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

WalterMart shares holiday cheer through Handog Pamasko

Instituto Cervantes to host lecture on the British Empire and the Philippine Revolution on Jan. 27