by Susan S. Lara I got addicted to reading because of asthma. When I was a child, I was not allowed to play with the other kids in the neighborhood because a short run, a few jumps, and a few specks of dust triggered a shortness of breath, followed by that dreaded wheezing sound as … Continue reading
by Joel Pablo Salud Love. Romance. Shakespeare summed it up as a “marriage of two minds” that must forever refuse impediments. Neruda brandished the dark kind that must, in secret, be cherished—between the shadow and the soul. Francois de La Rochefoucauld takes love by the horns and milks the metaphor for what it’s worth: “Absence … Continue reading
ni Michael Jude Tumamac Kamakailan, inilabas ng Tahanan Books for Young Readers ang ikalawang koleksiyon nila ng mga bugtong. Pinamagatang Bugtong, Bugtong 2, 15 taon muna ang dumaan mula nang ilabas nila ang unang bolyum na tinipon ni Rene O. Villanueva at may dibuho ni Daniel P. Tayona. Sa kasalukuyang bolyum, tanging si Tayona na … Continue reading
ni Noel de Leon Kapangahasan ang birtud ni Peter Solis Nery nang magsimula siyang seryosohin ang Panitikang Hiligaynon, tila malay siyang walang imposible sa taong palaging nag-aasam ng bago at hindi nawawalan ng pag-asa. Dahil sa maagang kapangahasan nito, tila mas maaga niyang nakita ang rason ng pagiging manunulat, hanggang sa unang dekada ng ikatlong … Continue reading
by Michael Carlo C. Villas Almost every writer in Eastern Visayas today, whether he or she writes in English, Waray or any of the mother languages, acknowledges the Visayas Writers Workshop (VisWrite) in their trans/formation as a poet, fictionist, essayist, or critic. The influence of its founder, the multi-awarded poet Merlie M. Alunan, on their … Continue reading
ni Christa I. De La Cruz “Bahagi ng aking pagkatao ang pagiging manunulat at lesbiyana ko, kasabay ng aking pagiging marxista, aktibista, feminista, ‘anak ng lupa’, at iba pa. Hindi ako buo kung wala ang isa. Dala ko ang mga impluwensiyang ito sa lahat ng pagkakataon lalo na sa aking pagsusulat. Pero siyempre, mayroon at … Continue reading
Kalatas: Philippine Literature, Culture, and Ideas 