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CCP now accepts entries to ANI37 by Read Me Like A Poem on Mar 28, 2012I want to be a poet. And one way to do it, is to have my poems published. Almost two years ago, I submitted my poems to the Cultural Center of the Philippines for their annual literary anthology - ANI 36. My poems didn't make it. It was not the...
Para Kay B by Ricky Lee by Bookworm Chronicle on Mar 22, 2012Title: Para Kay B Author: Ricardo “Ricky” Lee Published: 2008 Genre: Literature Rating: 9/10 It is very rare that I pick up a Filipino novel. Not that I’m being overrated, but I find Philippine literature difficult to understand,...
Call for submissions to the Likhaan Journal 6, deadline March 30 by pakarso ni asseng on Mar 14, 2012MANIPUD ITI PANITIKAN.COM.PH: The LIKHAAN: UP Institute of Creative Writing announces that it is now accepting submissions for possible inclusion in the sixth issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Literature. Likhaan, the country's leading...
Trese Book Reviews by Allen Jambalaya on Feb 23, 2012I bought the 4 volumes of Trese. I highly recommend this local comic series. I know I’m not good in writing book reviews so I’ll just put here a link log of different book reviews about Trese. I picked five … Continue reading →...
lumayo ka nga sa akin! by the odd one out on Dec 11, 2011nagpunta ako kanina sa SM para magpakuha ng 1×1 at passport size picture sa Picture City doon. Sabi sakin ng clerk matapos akong piktyuran ay bumalik ako makalipas ang 15 minutes. Nag-ikot ikot muna ako sa mall at dinala ako ng mga paa ko sa nat...
‘i-witness’ed and i learned from being a college teacher, bow. by Rikki Tick Talk's Blog on Sep 24, 2011I was watching Krusada the other night and when they featured the current situations of the teachers in the Philippines, that instantly brought me to memory lane because once, four years ago this October, I was once like them. I cannot simply put t...
2012 PPBY SALANGA PRIZE CALLS FOR ENTRIES by Bilingual Pen on Aug 24, 2011The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) is now accepting entries for the 2012 PBBY-Salanga Prize. The contest is co-sponsored by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and The National Library of the Philippines (NLP). The winner...
(UDPATED) Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85 and Edith L. Tiempo, 92 by Stella Arnaldo's Blogspot on Aug 22, 2011(Cover of Author's Choice, a collection of Polotan Tuvera's essays and short stories. Photo from scribblerjack) MANILA, Philippines - Kerima Polotan Tuvera, former editor in chief of Focus... You and your man; tickle your palate; travel the world...
Candles by Danton Remoto by on Apr 14, 2011(In which an old adage is unquestionably applicable.)***In the height of the conflict between the state and the church in the Philippines, Filipinos tend to reevaluate their foundation of beliefs and its limitations. The thematic structure of Danton...
A Character Analysis of Belle and her Husband in Francisco Arcellana’s Divide by Two by on Apr 14, 2011(In which partitions are clarified.)***Theirs was apparently not a happy marriage, Belle and her husband’s. The bitterness within the context of their living together must be something almost akin to the relationship of Badoy and Agueda in Nick Joa...
