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 …

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 …

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 …

Two Brazilian sci-fi books (Books acquired, 7.21.2016)

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
Yesterday, I spent over an hour browsing old sci-fi paperbacks at my favorite book store. I…

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…

Iain Banks’ The Culture: Automation and Digital Networks under Communism

I first came across Iain Banks’ The Culture series while reading Nick Dyer-Witheford’s superb albeit uneven Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in …

Belated Christmas Wishlist

I got an early Christmas present last December when a package full of books, DVDs, and foreign publications arrived straight …

Great Booksale finds this year

Booksale is my favorite physical book shop in the Philippines. Specializing in cheap used books (and what seem to me …

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 …

Reading Highlights of 2014

The year 2014 was particularly productive in terms of reading, my new disposition being more conducive to reading more books …

Mr. Palomar and Marcovaldo

Having liked Invisible Cities which I read earlier this year, I took the time to read two other short books …

Roberto Bolano’s Amulet

Amulet is my third Roberto Bolano book after Nazi Literature in the Americas and Third Reich, all first-rate fiction from …

‘The Great Purge’

A month ago, I began a ‘Great Purge’ of my books to solve the problem of the acute shortage of …

How Late It Was, How Late

How late my posts are getting published here. Indeed, how late. In order to remedy the increasing irregularity of my …