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Pete Lacaba & Marra Lanot: On marriage and the muse

This Valentine’s month, we present to our readers a time capsule; a love story first put into words by noted journalist Pablo A. Tariman...

16 Presidents: Thoughts on politics and the presidency

(Elections stand as the chief reforming mechanism in a democracy. How well has the Philippines fared in the parade of Presidents elected from the...

Memories of my mother by Frank Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature

My mother, Sofia Sionil, was born on September 30, 1900. Her parents were Ilokano settlers in Rosales, Pangasinan. I called her Inang. When I...

PH Lit: Young, vibrant, gloriously alive by Alma Anonas-Carpio

  When you are the Lit Ed of the Graphic, going where the stories and poems are is part of the job—and it is both...

The genius that is free speech

In the end, freedom needs no logic, no reason. It is man’s fate, his ultimate destiny. There is no insurmountable barrier to this desire...