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THE VISIBLE PART OF THE BRAIN

For Victor Barnuevo Velasco, who does Spanish so elegantly. Only the little finger of his left hand tapping on the mini-ape handlebar betrayed Soy’s tension,...

LOOK! 

Catch the September 2023 cover of the Philippines Graphic Reader! Featuring: SHORT STORIES * The Visible Part of the Brain by Ninotchka Rosca * Somebody Else by Noelle...

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...

Streets of Quiapo

I have a clear memory of Quiapo in the mid-60s. Quiapo Church was were aunts and other relatives lighted votive candles and recited novenas...

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,...

Nick Joaquin: The twilight years

(With humble thanks to poet and essayist Marra PL Lanot, we commemorate the April 29 death anniversary of National Artist Nick Joaquin—our first Editor-in-Chief...