[These are the comments I gave as reactor to the “Ang Unyon ug ang Katawhan Lecture” by Dr. Rose Arong … More
Category: Literature
Top Ten Reads of 2019
The year that was had been a hectic one, peppered by worthwhile endeavors and some useless distractions that took away … More
Top Ten Reads of 2018
Last year much of my time was taken up mainly juggling (1) domestic duties, (2) masters thesis proposal writing, (3) … More
Maya Daniel: poet-painter, revolutionary
This was the last Facebook update of Maya Daniel just before Aug. 14 midnight. A few minutes later, he would … More
Adventures at the UPV Main Library, Miag-ao
[This essay is forthcoming in the next issue of Pagbutlak, the official student publication at UP Visayas Miag-ao.] After settling on the … More
Libraries I (Diliman)
The library fee takes a significant portion of the school fees we’re paying in graduate school. This is the biggest reason … More
I Dreamt about the Workshops of the Future
Originally posted on Signals:
North Korean futurist architecture, credits to Koryo Group ,We need workshops that are based on mutual interest,…
Poem: Duta’ng Ginapakig-awayan (with Filipino and English Translations)
Originally posted on mayadanielblog:
? Poem: Duta’ng Ginapakig-awayan with Filipino and English Translations ? Halad sa mga Tumanduk sa Sentral…
5 classic must-read novels about love this February
February is the month of love. Here are 5 classic must-read novels that you can read this month, whether you … More
The Splendor of Portugal (and the Colonization of Angola)
António Lobo Antunes’ Splendor of Portugal is a splendid novel dealing with the ugliness of the Portuguese colonial enterprise in … More
Ilustrado: A Fragmented View from the Apex of Privilege
Criticism of didacticism is common fare when talking of works of literature. Poems or novels must not express political views. … More
Some Thoughts on the Death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I wrote this reflection for the Philippine Online Chronicles. I was reading the final pages of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Of … More
Papa and Fidel: An Alternative Story of the Cuban Revolution
Papa and Fidel is about, in Karl Alexander’s own words, “what might have happened, what should have happened if Ernest … More
Beyond Our Comfort Zones: On Pagbutlak, Literature and Politics
Tol, pasok ako sa UP! Pano ba yan, iwan mo na kami? Malabo, wala naman akong pang-tuition. —TV commercial The … More
Miclat’s Not So Secret Revelations (Fragments from an Unfinished Critique)
Disappointing. Nothing less can describe the supposedly untold stories unveiled by Mario Miclat in Secrets of the Eighteen Mansions. Miclat’s … More