Literature

She was there when Philippines Graphic was born in June 1990. In those early days, Marra PL Lanot and her husband Jose “Pete” Lacaba were protégés of the late National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, then the Editor-in-Chief of the Graphic.             Marra was...

NEW YORK (AP) — one of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers. The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

(Isang Yugtong Monologo)* Ilang Paliwanag:     Ang monologo ay may tratong daloy ng kamalayan (stream of consciousness); samakatwid, walang pagdama sa oras, panahon o tagpuan ang tauhan. Maglalabas-masok sa kasalukuyan at nakalipas Leona. Iisa ang tagapagsalaysay at si Leona, magpapalipat-lipat sa kanilang dalawa ang dayalogo at...

Leona Florentino had a very brief life.  She just lived for 35 years, and had written only a handful of poems.  However, during her lifetime (1849-1884), writings by a woman were never heard of.  Born to a family of prominence and wealth in Vigan...

Text and photos by Bernard Testa “Ma’ kung saan ka man ngayon, ok lang ako, huwag kang mag-alala, mag-aaral ako. Huwag kang malulungkot dahil hindi ako sumasama sa masasamang barkada, kakanta lang ako… ” Seventeen-year-old Vin Andrei Laxamana Montañez is an underground rapper. A resident of Sitio Lower Lucban, Barangay...

Pomp and circumstance is rarely a thing in local literary circles. Writing is often lonely work, punctuated by bursts of frenetic production and post-production work where looking glamorous and sipping chilled drinks is not part of the process. But even the task of...