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The Center Will Hold: Ten Years of the Revived UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies
Introduction
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
The idea for this book came from Ned Parfan.
We had realized that 2022 was the 10th anniversary year…
Kuwadro’t Kondenado: Ang Pagtula Sa Mga Larawan, Ang Paglalarawan Sa Mga Tula
Paul Alcoseba Castillo
Nang manalasa ang COVID-19, naging parusa itong ipinataw sa mga mamamayang pinilit makaluwas…
Trying To Pray: Notes On Crafting Poetry
Joel M. Toledo
This piece talks about my process in writing a poem, which goes without saying that the thoughts and ideas…
On The Writing Of ‘Shadowboxing In Polyester’
Ned Parfan
Because it is a structure of interlinked poems or fragments, the lyric sequence is a form tailor-made…
The Island
Nerisa del Carmen Guevara
The island sits on the edge of the page
of the brochure on the table. The rest of the page is water, the deep end of the shore. The island is only this: coconut
The Academe And Its Wild Things
Augusto Antonio A. Aguila
My first two short story collections, The Heart of Need and Other Stories and Carnival of Hate…
Betwixt: Stories Of In Between
Jose P. Mojica
In his 1909 work The Rites of Passage, Arnold van Gennep coined the term liminality. Here the idea is …
Teteksbuk Teksbuk: O, Mag-Textbook Ay Di Biro
Mark Anthony Angeles
Mga akdang pampanitikan ang WIP (work-in-progress) ko ATM (at the moment). Pero, at kahit na…
Into The Fire You Go: A Technical Introduction
Dawn Marfil Burris
There was no project, no plans for a second book. In fact, I think the point of my life for the last two years
“Biruin Mo ‘Yun!” Mala-Handbook Ng Pinoy Humor
Joselito D. De Los Reyes, PhD
Noong una kong naisip ang katagang “seryosong usapin ang humor,” akala ko ako ang nakauna sa oxymoron na ito.
The Journal Or Diary Excerpt As Literature
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
I have kept a diary or journal (I use the terms interchangeably) since I was eight years old. I think it started…
Liwaliw: Mga Lakbay Sanaysay At Lakbay Alaala
John Jack G. Wigley
Ang proyektong ito ay kalipunan ng mga lakbay-sanaysay ng manunulat na naglalayong makabuo ng isang…
Kuwentong Karera: Writing About Horseracing
Jenny Ortuoste
I first became involved with the Philippine horseracing industry when I was in my early 20s.
Mga Kuwentong Bayan Sa Gabing Maulan: Salin Ng Tales For A Rainy Night Ni Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
Chuckberry J. Pascual
Pangalawang koleksiyon na ng mga kuwento ni Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo ang Tales for a Rainy Night
Labaw Sa Bulawan: Translating Mindanao Poetry From Cebuano Into English (Preliminary Notes Towards A Theoria And A Praxis)
Ralph Semino Galán
In this day and age of rapidly increasing globalization and the concomitant rise of migration…
Separate Spheres, Shared Orbit: In Search Of The Woman In God And Poetry
Ma. Ailil B. Alvarez
A confession: I am a practicing conservative Catholic who, in college, wrote about how God is like a woman.
Latin Roots Of Philippine Literature And Culture
Lito B. Zulueta
The essay that follows this piece is not part of a larger publication project, at least it wasn’t conceived as such at first…
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