Volume 3 Issue 1

The title of Paul A. Castillo’s first full-length poetry collection, Walang Iisang Salita (UST Publishing House, 2018), loosely translates in English to “Not a Single Word,” and it is virtually impossible to sum up the book in precisely just that.

Speech of Guest of Honor at the 68th Palanca Awards, October 5, 2018

Iinog ang dulang nasa anyo ng apat na monologo sa apat na pook ng isang siyudad na hindi na papangalanan.

My Lolo had collapsed. Chest pains, they said.

I remember when I held my first key. I palmed it like it was a pet insect I was loathe to lose, or a single strand of silver hair.

Nobyembre, taong 2009. Lunes, unang araw ng klase. Hinahanap ni Wilfredo Sta. Cruz ang College of Liberal Arts building.