The PSN psycho-thrillers
BECAUSE I have four Palanca first prize-winning stories — “Lirio” (1998), “Candido” (2007), “Donato Bugtot” (2011), and “Si Padre Olan kag ang Dios” (2013),...
The concept of ‘extra’
TODAY I yield my column space to another analysis of my story “Donato Bugtot”. This time, the review is in Filipino, by James Rufino Ciriaco,...
A voice from Roxas City
TODAY I yield my column space to yet another review of my story “Donato the Hunchback”. This time by a teacher of DepEd in...
Challenging the forgetting curve
ALEXANDER Blanco San Pedro is a training manager in a BPO (business process outsourcing) specializing in employee training development programs, and assessment of training...
Reading “Tic-Tac-Toe”
READING my Tic-tac-toe play here is Stephen B. Alayon, Head of the Library and Data Banking Services Section, Training and Information Division, Aquaculture Department of the...
Beyond the shock
CAN A discerning and analytical reading of a literary text be done in less than 550 words for millennials with diminishing attention reading span?
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The voice from Surallah
I DO NOT know that I like my created characters psychoanalyzed by readers. But I intentionally imbue my literary creations with complex psychology. Just...
Feminist love from South Cotabato
WHAT I like most about Janeth Deza Demegillo’s reading of “Padre Olan” is her focus on the otherwise neglected and ignored women of the...
Mindanao sends love
WE START June with a virtual lovefest from Mindanao. And everybody’s talking about “Si Padre Olan kag ang Dios.” But each has a very...
Reviewed in Filipino
REGARDING scholarship on my literary works, I really don’t care in what language they are written. When people read me with passion and intent,...