Volume 3 Issue 3
2020 – 2021
ANG PAG-AKDA SA PANAHONG ITO
Joselito D. Delos Reyes
Hindi panahon lamang ng Netflix at KPop, hindi panahon lamang ng halalan, lalong hindi panahon lamang…
THE ELECTRIC MISDIRECTION OF LETTING DEITIES DREAM
Rysa Antonio
All you can perceive are mirrors. Not the reflective, translucent sort. The one-way kind—plastic and thin and scratchy…
LIGAYA
Immanuel Canicosa
Ligaya couldn’t tell where the voices were coming from. At least, not exactly. And the blindfold …
THREE DARK TALES
George Deoso
The church which stood in a far and poor countryside was built in the 1600s. “Some years after the Spaniards came,”…
THE RISK OF LOVING
Buona Raya Vilar
“It must be soooo great to be your friend,” my husband says,
entering our bedroom and handing me a long brown envelope…
LITTLE HUNGER // DONDOYAKI AND OTHER POEMS
Raphael Coronel
Anything worth keeping can burn …
VESSELS AND OTHER POEMS
Rodrigo V. Dela Peña, Jr.
The first boat was a frame of sticks lashed together thousands of years ago, something …
BABEUF AND OTHER POEMS
Paolo Manalo
Not the first time to get his heart broken. This way, or that the relationship ended ..
ON COLLECTIONS AND ADDICTIONS
Augusto Antonio A. Aguila
I have a confession to make. I am an addict and I am not ashamed of it. I admit…
BUILDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN “HARD LITERATURE” AND “POP FICTION”
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
Like most Filipino writers whom I know, I got my start as a writer in the campus …
AND THAT’S A WRAP, FOR THE DECADE THAT WAS
Alfred A. Yuson
We should realize that we’re not only saying goodbye (with a gasp of relief but not without continuing concern…
ADVENT MEDITATION: ON SMALL THINGS
Rev. Fr. Angel Aparicio, O.P
The Wounded Healer. (This title is borrowed from the book by Henri J.M. Nouwen, “The Wounded Healer,” originally published by…
TIDAL CREATURES
Jenka Eusebio
It is eighteen years before diagnosis, and the words I do not yet know have begun to unspool flesh…
DESPERATELY SEEKING CLARITY IN THE TIME OF COVID
Howie G. Severino
“You’re patient 2828!” I occasionally hear this outburst of recognition when strangers can’t quite remember my …
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Jose Victor Torres
Note: This play is based on the short story “Christmas Lights” by Jhoanna Lynn Cruz…
RECONSTRUCTING AN UNREMEMBERED WAR
Jaime An Lim
Gina Apostol’s latest novel Insurrecto (2018) is a piece of metafiction. It emphasizes “its own…
ANG MANGHUHULA
Nonon Villaluz Carandang
Hapon ng Huwebes, makulimlim ang langit. Maalinsangan ang karaniwang araw ng mga tindera ng prutas, kakananin …
WALANG MABANAAG
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles
Inaasam ko ang pagbalik ng mga kagang. Ang mga uwak na dalawang semana …
MULI, ISANG EBANGHELYO NG APOY
Ralph Fonte
Ikaw na nagbinyag sa akin, maaalaala mo pa ba kung sino ako ngayong ako’y naglaho na sa landas ng niyebe…
PARALLAX
Mirick Paala
Hindi madaling kalimutan ang pangalan ng matandang makakasalubong sa daan. Hindi mauulit ang…
LAYOVER
Karl Isaac Santos
“I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about…
TATAY KO SI BOYET
Christopher Bryan Concha
Walang duda. Si Boyet nga ang tunay kong ama. Sa kaniyang makakapal na kilay, matangos na ilong,…
IN GAME
Gerome Nicolas dela Peña
Isang mainit na hapon ng 2010, bumungad sa akin ang pamilyar na ngiti ni Christine. Kaklase ko siya noon pang first…
SUPALPAL: KONTRIBUSYON SA TRADISYON NG PAGSUSULAT SA PILIPINAS
U Eliserio
Ang papel na ito ay pagmumuni-muni sa pagsusulat. Una, maglalatag ng pilosopiyang…
ALIBADBAD NG ALÁLA, ALALÁ AT ALAALA: ISANG PAGNINILAY SA KAISIPAN AT PANITIKAN NG “NAUSEA” NI JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
Juan Miguel Quizon
Sa tuwing nagkakaroon ako ng lakas ng loob na tangkaing sumulat ng tula…
KRITISISMO BÍLANG PAGNINILAY
Louie Jon A. Sánchez
Marahil, kahit pahapyaw, mabuting magsimula ngayon sa konteksto bago pumalaot sa talakay…
TSER
Maynard Manansala
Huling araw na ni Teacher Rose, o Tser, sa bakwit iskul, sa Maragusan. Hindi ito…
TUBIG AT PAG-IBIG: REBYU NG KUNG PAANO HINIHINTAY ANG DAPITHAPON NI CARLO ENCISO CATU
Paul Alcoseba Castillo
Nasa maingat na paghawak sa bisyon ng kuwento nakasalalay ang bisa ng pagpapahiwatig…
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