What happens after Arts Month
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...
Noel Galon de LeonMarch 2, 20266 min
CITY THAT READS
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...
by Noel Galon de Leon I arrived at General Santos International Airport at around eleven in the morning on February 1, a Sunday, after a short one-and...
We should be envious of Lake S’bu, not in some petty, cheap way, but in the deep, urgent envy that comes from witnessing a culture that refuses to be ...
Supporting artists begins with how we speak about them. Many people casually use the label “local artists,” but this term can unintentionally shrink t...