New York-based writer Jessica Hagedorn will visit her birthplace, Manila, for the launch of the book “Manila Noir” on July 6, 4 p.m. at the National Book Store flagship in Glorietta 1, Makati.
National Literature Month (NLM) will open March 31 with the Pambansang Kampong Balagtas 2017, a literary conference of some 100...
In early 2000, big luck came my way in the person of Ben Chan, of the retail giant Bench. I had never met Mr. Chan, or so I thought. One day, out of the blue, he asked his advertising promotions director, Jojo Llamzon, to phone me about doing a book for him.
CIRILO F. Bautista is, at heart, a romantic. Asked by broadcast celebrity Lourd Ernest de Veyra the most beautiful thing...
When someone told Dr. Joven Cuanang that I had held my own wake, he said, tongue-in-cheek, as usual, “Tell her if she decides to ascend, I will supply the crane and the choir. I’m serious.”
In the anthology “Teacher Teacher: A Tribute to Teachers Everywhere,” there are moments captured between teacher and student that seem like “a soap opera in dire need of revision,” in the words of communications consultant Cynthia J. Gruet. These moments enabled the mentors to touch the lives and futures of the contributing writers in ways unimaginable.
In the Book of Genesis, one reads that Adam lived 900 years. Methuselah lived 969 years. Abram, later renamed Abraham for reasons known only to God, lived 175 years. His wife Sarah died at 120 years old, her son, Isaac at 180.
On Aug. 26, 5 p.m., during the monthly assembly of the Philippine PEN (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists), in an...
The 7107 International Music Festival held from Feb. 22-23 in Clark, Pampanga province, had people posting their “gig hangover” online a week after the festival (#weare7107 on Twitter and Instagram). Inquirer Super attended the two-day event and here are some of our favorite moments.
De La Salle University (DLSU) Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and the Embassy of the United States of America...
