Alfonso Manalastas

Alfonso Manalastas is a published op-ed contributing writer, a poet, and a touring spoken word artist who has performed in over 15 cities around the country. He was invited to perform and speak for TEDxUniversityOfSanCarlos (Cebu) in 2017 and TEDxRoxasSt (Davao) in 2018. He was also accepted as a poetry fellow for two National Writers’ Workshops in 2018 and 2019. His op-ed articles have appeared in Rappler, Scout, and Inquirer, while six of his poems are part of the 12th edition of Likhaan: the Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature (UP Press).

  • White Bodies Splayed on White Sand

    1. There is no mapping out a spacedefinable only by the pigment of its occupants. In these shores,the economy of skin and hair and eyes outweighs the mandate of coin.An island local jokingly quips: the border that outlines General Lunafrom the rest of Siargao is determined by the sudden, sporadic presenceof white bodies splayed on…