Ian Layugan

Born in Benguet, Ian Layugan is a writer and researcher now based in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is part of Ubbog Cordillera Writers and is a Senior Research Associate for Rainbow Rights Philippines. He consults for NGOs for development studies on adolescent health, children in policymaking, and gender studies. He has worked with ChildFund, Save the Children, Plan International, and Asmae among others. He was a graduate student research fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore (2020), and a creative writing fellow at the UP Baguio Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop (2016) and the UST National Writers Workshop (2023).

  • Sonic

    For my grandfather, Tomàs   I only know what I am told. Such as the continents you wish to conquer, charted on maps on a decaying wall, a memento  of islands and archipelago, en tous lieux, scattered. Or the waves entombed in the cache of your journal, flagged by the red ribbon suspended in its…