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With his new book, “Troya” (Visprint, 2016), prolific writer Joselito Delos Reyes collects 12 familiar stories narrated by a unique voice in Filipino literature that gives readers the “natural” space
EARLY in the first story in Gabriela Lee’s “Instructions on How to Disappear: Stories” (Visprint Inc., Pasay City, 2016, 220 pages), a mysterious old woman offers the protagonist an assortment
WHAT is interesting and even unique about “Selected Stories” by F. Sionil José (University of the Philippines Press, 2016), the latest collection by National Artist F. Sionil José, is that
IF THERE’S anything better —and more terrifying—than a little Stephen King, it’s a lot of Stephen King. The master horror writer has scared generations of readers through his novels through
THE PLACES we’ve been often have a deeper, more enduring effect on us than the places we find ourselves in. In Filipino-American fictionist Mia Alvar’s debut collection “In the Country:
Books were just the ticket for Mia Alvar when she was growing up, moving from one country to another. Born in Manila, Alvar moved to Bahrain with her family when she was only 6; four years later
Close to 100 children were treated to award-winning stories during a special Inquirer Read-Along session on Saturday morning, which featured the launch of “Shorts,” a digital compilation of Junior Inquirer (JI) short stories.
His death mourned around the globe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a giant of modern literature, a writer of intoxicating novels and short stories that illuminated Latin America’s passions, superstition, violence and social inequality.
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