Literary

30

Mar

By Hjadoeya Calica

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Artlets bag top honors in 40th Gawad Ustetika

SEVENTEEN ARTLETS earned prizes across different categories at the 40th Gawad Ustetika Gabi ng Parangal, an annual competition that recognizes outstanding literary works of Thomasian students. Creative Writing students swept the fiction, one-act play and dulang may isang yugto categories and were recognized on Saturday, March 29, at the Buenaventura…

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30

Mar

By Bettina Katryn Reyes

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Acclaimed playwright cites importance of thorough research in advocacy-imbued writing

WRITERS SHOULD always undertake meticulous research and immersion when crafting stories laced with advocacy, an award-winning playwright said.  In his lecture titled “Center Stage: Ang Iba’t Ibang Mukha ni Juan sa Entablado,” playwright Maynard Manansala recounted his close encounters with the drug war victims and their families in 2017 and…

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24

Mar

By Hjadoeya Calica

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Dito, Dati: How Thomasian filmmakers weave disaster with art

THERE IS an ambiguity within a disaster. It is a destroyer of properties and valuables but a creator of new memories and realizations. When fused with art, stories of disaster highlight the essence of cinema as a vessel for truth and remembrance. For the UST Thomasian Film Society members behind…

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22

Mar

By The Flame Literary

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Thomasian authors explore pop culture through Vilma Santos’ 60-year career

THOMASIAN AUTHORS compiled critical essays from various scholars to come up with  a book celebrating Philippine cinema icon and politician Vilma Santos-Recto. Vilma Santos, Icon: Essays on Cinema, Culture, and Society, featured works on the actress’ 60-year career that recognized her legacy in Philippine cinema and studied her performances in different…

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14

Mar

By Francis Miguell Sta. Rosa

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Creative Writing instructor among this year’s Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas recipients

AN ARTLETS instructor is among the recipients of the lifetime achievement award Gawad Balagtas in the 51st National Writers’ Congress of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), the country’s largest organization of Filipino writers. Creative Writing instructor Joel Toledo, who recently earned the first prize for poetry in…

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10

Mar

By Franz Zoe Stoelzl Baroña

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Editor calls for more Filipino books to address overabundance of international titles

A PUBLISHING house editor  highlighted the importance of producing and marketing more books written in Filipino and translating more English books into Filipino to address the oversaturation of English-language titles. Kyra Ballesteros, who has over ten years of experience in publishing, shared her insights on the situation of the  industry…

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09

Mar

By The Flame Literary

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I could never fold paper cranes right

you looked at every little paper square with the eyes of an imagining child. images ravaged inside your head, your hands fidgeted with excitement to transform those four perfect corners into a geometric animal I can't comprehend. you reached for them without hesitation and you created a crane, a hummingbird,…

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08

Mar

By Bettina Katryn Reyes

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Artlets author to tackle political themes, hierarchies in sequel to acclaimed novel

A CREATIVE WRITING professor is set to explore more politically pronounced themes in his sequel to his award-winning young adult novel Mars, May Zombie! to amplify class division in a post-pandemic society. Picking up a year after Mars and his group arrive in the blue zone and illustrating how their…

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07

Mar

By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento

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ABye: On Love and the Idea of Love

A FAILED wedding, particularly for a marriage years in the making, may feel like total defeat on one’s part. But through ABye, those who yearn are reminded that, perhaps, self-love is the most authentic appreciation that one can receive. For its 44th Junior’s Theater Literacy production, Artistang Artlets, the UST…

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03

Mar

By Franz Zoe Stoelzl Baroña

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Do not rely on winning awards for validation, writers told

WRITERS SHOULD brace themselves for the strict nature of writing sessions and should not focus on bagging awards and recognitions to validate their positions as writers, esteemed Thomasian writers said. In a forum titled “IlumiNasyon: Panayam ng Tomasinong Manunulat,” Palanca award-winning author and UST alumnus Lourd de Veyra highlighted the…

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