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No writer is an island
On Samal they are reminded by N.V.M Gonzalez that the country's finest writers belong to the provinces.
It was the provinces, according to novelist N.V.M Gonzalez, that literally filled your imagination, that fired your heart and spirit, that made you the writer you have...
JEEPNEY
Consider honestlythis piece of stormin our city's entrails.Incarnation of scrap,what genius of salvage!Its crib now molds our space,its lusty gewgaws our sight.In rut and in flood,claptrap sex of traffic,juke box of hubbub---I mark your pride of zigzagheeds no one's limbs nor light.I sense...
SIX POEMS OF JOSE RIZAL
Translated by Nick Joaquin
TO THE CHILD JESUS
Why have you come to earth,Child-God, in a poor manger?Does Fortune find you a strangerfrom the moment of your birth?Alas, of heavenly stocknow turned an earthly residentYou wish not to be presidentbut the shepherd of your flock?
KUNDIMAN
Now...
March 2026 Philippines Graphic Literary Workshop: THE FINAL OUTPUTS (Masterlist)
Before the second episode of the Philippines Graphic Literary Workshop (PGLW) concluded on March 21, we knew that we had one more thing that we can offer our bright young fellows: a starting platform for their creative endeavors. Here, we present one of...
Rust
Before the second episode of the Philippines Graphic Literary Workshop (PGLW) concluded on March 21, we knew that we had one more thing that we can offer our bright young fellows: a starting platform for their creative endeavors. Here, we present one of...
Things in Leaves
Before the second episode of the Philippines Graphic Literary Workshop (PGLW) concluded on March 21, we knew that we had one more thing that we can offer our bright young fellows: a starting platform for their creative endeavors. Here, we present one of...
