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100 Years of Graphic

THE SECRET (PRESENT AND FUTURE) OF SEASCAPES

Now and in the foreseeable future, all that the Filipino doing literature should aim for is to create in the context of the multicultural...
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100 Years of Graphic

FILIPINOS ARE CLUMSY LOVERS

Valentine reportage from February of 1969. Caroline Kennedy of London has been an honorary India Brava since July of last year, when she arrived in...
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The Floating Library (The Inheritance)

The humidity in Manila wrapped around Lia De Castro like a damp shawl as she stepped out of the National Library, a worn satchel...
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100 Years of Graphic

WEARING BLACK ON ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

jet-blackmy get-up today, from the upperto the underwear:black shirt, the color of mourningon this loveliest of mornings.black denims, the hue of rue.black shoes and...
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100 Years of Graphic

A MATTER OF CHOICE

1. A Gift of UnlifeWhat is sad, dear life-that-never-is,is you will never have knownthe unreasoning logic of this gift:this one of never having to...
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Mori Dress

People always say that she is beautiful, that she exudes an ethereal radiance only she is privy to. It’s…this strange, brilliant glow that has...
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The Father’s Daughter

It was the day I turned eighteen the day when I learned that silence could scream a thousand truths. The afternoon gleam at five...
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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...
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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...
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Coming Home

Buried in dishwater, Erika scrubbed hard on the cast-iron skillet that earlier contained beef caldereta. The grease showed no signs of letting go, and...
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Started in 1927, the Philippines Graphic is the longest-running printed magazine of national circulation that provides relevant news and features and promotes Philippine literature.

We believe that by making available online the short stories and poems published in the Graphic and in our companion magazine, the Philippines Graphic Reader, we ensure that these works are readily available to be read and enjoyed by everyone for generations to come.

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