We urgently need films of this kind, works that confront us with the shameless brutality of American colonial rule. Films like Sisa (2025, June Robles...
When I first heard about the idea of a third space, I did not even know it had a name. I just knew there were places outside my home where I felt calm...
There is no single formula for writing a great poem, and John Iremil E. Teodoro proves this in his collection Buang sa Pag-ibig, published by the Univ...
February is always astonishing to me because it arrives with such promise and leaves almost without warning, and this year it felt even more short-liv...
The meeting had just ended, yet the words spoken during that consultation with Room to Read continued to reverberate in my mind long after we logged o...
The responsibility of books does not end with the receipt of an award because recognition marks only the beginning of a wider cultural obligation. Aut...
Valentine’s Day is here again, and across the world, people are preparing to celebrate love with their partners, friends, or family. Restaurants book ...
I find myself once again in the familiar, almost ritualistic act of reading manuscripts for the San Agustin Writers Workshop, this time for its 22nd i...
The question of where our National Artists are is not merely rhetorical; it is a pointed political, cultural and ethical inquiry. It challenges the fr...