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Ricky Lee: Tale of a motherless child

Many things about Ricky Lee’s life are worth rewinding. As he turns 76 this March 19, he has obviously come to terms with what...

NJLA 2023: Return of a Literary Tradition

For 75 years since it first became a magazine in 1927, the Philippines Graphic has featured the literary works of Filipino short story writers...

Wilfrido D. Nolledo, word magician

NOVEMBER 1972, MARTIAL LAW. MY MAGAZINE THE GRAPHIC, PUBLISHED BY DON Antonio Araneta and edited by noted journalist-lawyer Luis R. Mauricio, was closed down,...

Ode to Lope K. Santos: writer, poet, labor organizer, and father of Filipino grammar

Sometime before Lope K. Santos passed away on May 1, 1963, he paid a visit to a cemetery with his wife, to the grave...

A year after my daughter’s death

I –Friday, Bloody, Friday — The week she died was ominous. I had a sudden attack of arthritis and I couldn’t move without help....

DLSU College of Liberal Arts presents National Artists Series #1 The National Treasures: Discoursing on/with Jose, Tiempo, and Lumbera

The Department of Literature, in cooperation with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center, presents The National Artists Series as a part of its...

Millennials bring home the bacon at 2017 NJLA

To the young ones be the glory: This year’s winners of the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards were all young writers with long writing careers...