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

22

Mar

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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…

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

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…

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

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…

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,…

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

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…

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…

Do not rely on winning awards for validation, writers told

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…

02

Mar

By The Flame Literary

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Heart-Shaped Box

THE HOUR-LONG ride to Bulacan was grueling. I stood the entire time, my knees aching, begging to crouch. Crushed between people as exhausted as I was, I couldn’t help but worry about the box inside my backpack. It was probably just as battered. Today had been my busiest yet—a seven-to-nine…

UST Asian Studies prof to launch book on St. Thomas More lectures

23

Feb

By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento

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UST Asian Studies prof to launch book on St. Thomas More lectures

FORMER ARTLETS faculty secretary and UST Asian Studies Prof. Lino Baron is set to publish a book chronicling 50 years of the St. Thomas More lectures, the Faculty of Arts and Letters annual lecture series. The book titled “Celebrating More” will be launched during the 57th St. Thomas More lecture…

23

Feb

By Abigail Adriatico

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Aphrodite’s cruel endowment

I do not usually ask the heavens to grant me answers to prayers whispered in desperation, with eyes shut closed in quiet devotion. I have no need to pine for a life that is not mine. Yet, he came waltzing in as if the Fates gave Aphrodite a moment away…