Teaching Cebuano Literature

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/28/2018

A teaching seminar for educators is the latest effort of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and through the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos, a seminar on “Teaching Cebuano Literature” was…

A festival meant for children

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/19/2017

She had no qualms about sitting on the floor with an army of children surrounding her. With a book on her lap and a wireless microphone on her right hand, Binibining Cebu Tourism 2017 Samantha Ashley Lo…

The poem as objet trouveé

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 02/25/2017

There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either,” said Robert Graves. It’s a charming chiasmus, which someone like Graves was bound to weave sooner or later — sooner, it turned out. Still one…

Litfest ug ang kape nga wa moabot

Gerard Pareja 11/27/2016

Niadtong Sabado sa Ayala gisaulog ang Litfest 2016 edition. Ni-volunteer ko pagkamaniniyot para sa among kompaniya para makatambong ko niadtong maong panagtigom sa mga manunulat. Ug tuod man nahimamat ko si Simeon “Jun” Dumdum Jr., ang kanhi…

Tambourine not Vaseline

Gerard Pareja 10/23/2016

Nakurat ang Literati dihang ang miguwang manaug sa Nobel Prize for Literature mao ang singer-songwriter ug 60s counter-culture icon nga si Bob Dylan. Natawo si Dylan isip Robert Allen Zimmerman sa St. Mary’s Hospital sa Duluth Minnesota…

‘Prose and Poetry’ by Jaime Gil de Biedma

Jaime Picornell 05/19/2016

FOR TODAY at 6 p.m.: “Las Tres Marias” opens at Qube Gallery in Crossroads, Banilad. Michelline, Beatrix and Maxine Syjuco exhibit their latest sculptures, paintings and installations, up to June 7. The Mandani Bay show gallery will…

Jessica Zafra: Twisted Sister

Neil Iosif Ylagan, Rob Gonzales 07/19/2015

CYNISM. “An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity”—that being the case, cynics are generally unpleasant people. Then again, those who possess wit and attitude turn out to be the most intriguing characters. Case in point—writer Jessica Zafra.…

Muse of the Moment

Gerard Pareja, Rob Gonzales 10/19/2014

Every once in a while, a muse arrives in a literary circle. Often she’ll turn up multifaceted—a poet, a thespian, an instructor, a composer, an inspiration. Such is the case of Therese Marie Villarante. An active poet…

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