The Editors

Katitikan Issue 2: Places and Spaces

Introduction

Looking at Space and Place: The Navigation of Meaning Making
Thomas Leonard Shaw

Fiction

Ang Huling Sayaw ni Sebyo
May Morales Dolis

Rectokado
Cesar Miguel Escaño

Echoes of Pasig
Matthew Jacob Ramos

Sanayan Lang ang Pagpatay
Gabriela Baron

Ulan-init
Hannah Lecena

Poetry

City lines
Andrea Lim

It is snowing in your country
Christian Baldomero

There is a boy in the island
Christian Baldomero

Cleaning the Attic
F Jordan Carnice

Sky Over Cairns
F Jordan Carnice

A Philosophy of Water
Ma. Carmie Flor Ortego

The placenta of evening stars
Ian Salva?a

Amihan
Ian Salvana

Cartography
Jose Kervin Cesar Calabias

Ang Hiniling Ko’y Umulan
Andre Gutierrez

Ang Karamdaman ng Dagat
Joshua Mari Lumbera

Heometriya ng lungkot
Liberty Balanquit

Ka-wala-kan
Stud Jader

Lawalawa
Arthur David

Pagkatunaw
Arthur David

Hasmin
Arthur David

Petsay Ma’y Bakwit Din
Emman Lacadin

Bakal Dos at Uno
R.B. Abiva

Ang Kalsadang Puno ng Pananagimsim
Renz Rosario

Lawag
Renz Rosario

Creative Nonfiction

Here, There, Everywhere: Catching Up with Criselda Yabes
Charles Sanchez

My Trilingual Career
Francis C. Macansantos

Baybayin All Over Her Face
Kevin Amante

Choosing to Stay Home
Astrid Ilano

Play

Labada
Andrew Bonifacio Clete

Luyag ‘Da’ra’y Anino  (A Kingdom of Shadows)
Christopher Gozum

Call for Submissions: Katitikan Issue 2: Places and Spaces

Katitikan provides a platform for both Southern voices as traditionally understood in the scholarship, but also about scholarship that engages with the idea of the Philippines as a discourse on the South. The theme for this issue, as broadly conceptualized but not limited to, is ?places and spaces.? Contributors may submit the following:

*Poems of not more than 70 lines each

*Short stories ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 words

*Flash fiction pieces ranging from 100 to 1,000 words

*A chapter of a novel, including novel synopsis, ranging from 2000 to 4000 words

*Essay and creative nonfiction ranging from 2500 to 4000 words

*One-act play, screenplay or an excerpt from a full-length play ranging from 10 to 40 pages

*Critical essays about Philippine Literature and/or the Philippine South ranging from 1500-5000 words in MLA format.

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Katitikan Issue 1: Maiden Issue

Introduction

(Re)Solving the South(ern) Puzzle: Katitikan as Alternative Discourse
Thomas Leonard Shaw

Fiction

Among the Bissayans of Zvbv
Carlos Cortes

Ang Kalibotan Gawas sa Kalibotan
Omar Khalid

Ang Kataposang Sugilanon ni Borges
Al Osiris Ingking

Ang Panugid Alang sa Buwan
Richellet Chan

Badjao
Mahika Realismo

Baryo Tae
Elizabeth Joy Quijano

Festival of Lights
Camille Bagaipo

Galit si Eba
Gabriela Baron

Geriatrics
Susan Evangelista

HEXOPUS: The Six-Limbed Lad
Charles Sanchez

Honasan
Cesar Miguel Escano

Katayan sa Palihan
Steno Padilla

Manananggal
Mahika Realismo

Manananggal ng Sitio Toledo
Gabriela Baron

Pulubi
Mahika Realismo

Sampaguita
Mitch Balladares

Tides of the Sea
Alanna Michelle Escudero

Two Women of Bantayan
Danton Remoto

Poetry

A Brief Meeting
King Llanza

At Napagod ang Hagdan
John Christopher Lubag

Biyaya ng kutob
Liberty Notarte Balanquit

Candy Keeps an Island Alive
Breia Gore

Ensemble
Christine Marie Magpile

Gawat
Rene Boy Abiva

(hI)Law-as
Elvin Ruiz

kamatis march
Stud Neil Jader

kung bakit laging may patugtog sa SM
Marlon Lester

Kung Paano ang Maghimay
Johann Vladimir Espiritu

Pantalon
Arthur David San Juan

Subukan Mong Bumangon, Isang Hatinggabi, At Pagmasdan ang Nahihimbing Mong Magulang
Mark Anthony Salvador

The Mermaid Speaks
Nico Pablo

The Underside of Healing
King Llanza

Tinagutlo nga Pag-aninaw sa Tinuboran
Jovanie Garay

To Mother
Mai Santillan

Urban Jungle
Lakan Uhay Alegre

uwan: siya ug ako
Ivanie Michmir

What the Brooke’s Point Farmer Taught Me
Nico Pablo

White Bodies Splayed on White Sand
Alfonso Manalastas

Critical Essay

Excavating the Trauma: Notes on the Teng Mangansakan’s Forbidden Memory
Ivan Emil Labayne

The Settler Settles In: Locating a Space for the Settler in Rogelio Braga’s Colon
Ana Margarita Nunez

Play

Entre Medio del Fin (In the Middle of the End)
Ryanne Murcia

Call for Submissions: Katitikan’s Maiden Issue

Katitikan provides a platform for both Southern voices as traditionally understood in the scholarship, but also about scholarship that engages with the idea of the Philippines as a discourse on the South. There are no thematic requirements for the first, celebratory issue. Contributors may submit the following:

*Poems of not more than 70 lines each

*Short stories ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 words

*Flash fiction pieces ranging from 100 to 1,000 words

*A chapter of a novel, including novel synopsis, ranging from 2000 to 6000 words

*Essay and creative nonfiction ranging from 2500 to 4000 words

*One-act play, screenplay or an excerpt from a full-length play ranging from 10 to 40 pages

*Critical essays about Philippine Literature and/or the Philippine South ranging from 1500-5000 words in MLA format.

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