Book Review: Mondomanila by Norman Wilwayco

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“Mondomanila” Book Rebyu

“Tulog ang panlaban sa bitukang naghahamon.

Panaginip ang tugon sa bungangang walang malamon.”

Ilang beses ko nang sinabi at hindi ako magsasawa na ulit-ulitin ito, kung pagsusulat at pagkukuwento ang paksa. Si Norman Wilwayco ang pinakamaimpluwensyang nilalang sa aking buhay Kuwentista at Mambabasa. Ang Mondomanila, ang pangalawa kong nabasa sa kanyang mga akda. Subalit bago ko ito rebyuhin ay minabuti kong basahin itong muli dahil wasak talagang balik-balikan ang kuwento ng buhay ni Tony. Continue reading “Book Review: Mondomanila by Norman Wilwayco” →

Juan Bautista for PULP Magazine 2016

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“After the positive feedback generated by his previous short story contribution Kuwerdas, Fiction writer Juan Bautista returns with the original prequel to his five-part chronicles.” – pulpmagazinelive.com

“Gihay” is Juan Bautista’s second short story featured by PULP Magazine. Please grab a copy of their May 2016 Issue (Issue No. 177).
Thank you PULP! \m/

BOOK REVIEW: MANILA NOIR BY JESSICA HAGEDORN

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The stories of this anthology are all well-written and diverse in terms of style. Composed of ingenius writers such as Jessica Hagedorn (Dog Eaters) , Budjette Tan (Trese) , Lourd De Veyra ( Super Panalo Sounds!) and others, with their respective writing styles and storytelling, you can’t go wrong on buying this book. Continue reading “BOOK REVIEW: MANILA NOIR BY JESSICA HAGEDORN” →

The drought-stricken strugglers of Kidapawan

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As of this writing, I just read a news that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is bound to a Methodist Church where our poor, miserable farmers took shelter after they have been chased, sprayed with water cannons and worse, fired with rifles to search for firearms. This is because the PNP claims that the protesting farmers are the ones who started the turmoil. Just yesterday, while having breakfast with my family in Doha, Qatar, I was browsing the web when I suddenly got shaken by a newslink stating ” At least 1 dead, many wounded as Police fire on Cotabato human barricade.” with a heartbreaking photo of a bloodied farmer. Continue reading “The drought-stricken strugglers of Kidapawan” →

Takeover vs Ether

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“Takeover vs Ether”

It’s been 2 months that Jay-Z’s “Takeover” and Nas’ “Ether” has been constantly played in my car every morning (I use to drive my wife to office for 30-45 minutes everyday) and yes, I’ve been abusive to this two tracks in the past weeks. It’s been over a decade since the ‘beef’ between Jay-Hova and Nasty Nas began and up to this day, it’s a huge of a debate who won or lose on this remarkable battle of lyricism. Continue reading “Takeover vs Ether” →