Volume 3 Issue 4A
2023
Introduction
Joselito B. Zulueta
When Francisco Sionil José passed away at 97 on Jan. 6, 2022, the Philippines lost its most dominant and prolific…
Diyos ti Agngina, Manong: A Tribute to F. Sionil Jose
Maria L. M. Fres-Felix
I had just returned from several years of working on overseas secondment when I read Po-on. The novel made me…
A Pilgrimage
Angelo R. Lacuesta
In 2014, out of the blue, Mang Cesar called me to relay Manong Frankie’s invitation to Mookie…
F. Sionil Jose and Me
Geraldine C. Maayo
I was 34 years old, fresh from the Silliman Writers’ workshop that summer of ’79. Jessie—my workshop best friend—and…
Tribute to an Old Friend
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
I met Frankie Sionil Jose when I was still an undergraduate Philosophy major in UST. Frankie was already Frankie…
Remembering: The 95th Birthday Celebration of Francisco Sionil Jose
Rita B. Gadi
Certain episodes leave indelible marks that remain etched in our hearts…
Manong Frankie: The Writerly Grandfather I Never Had
Ralph Semino Galán
I come from a family of businessmen and tradespeople, policemen and military officers, office workers and…
Remembering Manong Frankie in Tokyo
Jose Wendell P. Capili
Manong Frankie visited Tokyo frequently, usually writing, having meetings with his translators, or speaking…
Frankie and Tessie: Reflections on the Passing of F. Sionil Jose (1924-2022)
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
After several years of not seeing Frankie Jose, I met him again in Cebu in 2013 at the musical adaptation of his short…
Dishing with the Master
Menchu Aquino Sarmiento
For starving artists and thirsting writers, few sights outside of the buffet at an embassy…
F. Sionil Jose Came at the Right Moments in My Life
Elizabeth B. Lolarga
He came at the right moments in my life, saving me from myself and my impulse towards self-destruction…
Bagnet Salad and a Bookstore
Alma Anonas-Carpio
When National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose passed on, we weren’t on good terms…
F. Sionil Jose: “Our most important asset is memory.”
Alma Cruz Miclat
Tributes from all over the world are pouring in for our National Artist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee…
F. Sionil José: In Memoriam
Ambeth Ocampo
My father who passed away at 94 was looking forward to his P100,000 centennial bonus; the same…
Solidarity
Manuel Quezon III
That was the name of his journal, published in the shop that bore the Spanish version of the word…
The Quintessential F. Sionil Jose
Francisco S. Tatad
On January 6 this year, Francisco Sionil Jose, novelist, journalist, social and political critic, and Philippine…
Remembering Manong Frankie
Christine F. Godinez Ortega
To know the truth of the human heart for the sake of all humankind” is one advice I remember best…
Frankie
Ricardo M. De Ungria
As a high school student in the sixties fascinated by books and art, I took Saturday…
F. Sionil José, Lusty and Prolific Up to the Very End
Lito B. Zulueta
Francisco Sionil José’s had always been a robust, stalwart, and kinetic presence that when the literary world…
Po-on: From Darkness to Darkness
Jaime An Lim
The history of the Filipino people and hence the growth of their consciousness and the attainment of national…
F. Sionil Jose and His Women Characters
Loreta L. Fajardo
Critics of women studies opine that the roles women portray in Philippine literature are distinguishable…
Answerable Only to Ourselves: F. Sionil Jose’s Mass and National Amnesia
Hope Sabanpan-Yu
This is a quote from a novel that has stayed in the depths of my consciousness ever since I first…
Unmasking the Polite and the Perfumed: F. Sionil Jose’s The Feet of Juan Bacnang as Allegory of an Ailing Nation
Amado C. Guinto, Jr.
The Italian poet Dante Alighieri wrote that the road to hell is paved with good intentions…
Leaving Rosales, Leaving Sipnget: Trauma and History in F. Sionil José’s My Brother, My Executioner
Shirley O. Lua
My Brother, My Executioner, the third book in F. Sionil José’s…
Pinoy Ako, Pinoy Tayo: Fashioning the Fragmentary Filipino Identity in Teaching F. Sionil Jose’s “The God Stealer”
John Jack G. Wigley
“The God Stealer” is a short story written by National Artist Sionil José. It is his…
Frankie Was the First True ASEAN Citizen
Edwin Thumboo
I myself am in my 89th year and have slowed down somewhat since Covid. Frankie was a great man…
Remembering Manong Frankie
Robert Yeo
I cannot remember when I first met Francisco Sionil José, the Filipino novelist and short story writer…
“The Conscience of the Nation”: Remembering the Great Frankie Jose
James Fallows
I was heartbroken to see in the papers this weekend that F. Sionil Jose, a writer and civic leader…
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