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Creative Nonfiction
Personal essays, memoir and literary nonfiction by contemporary Filipino writers, exploring memory, place, family, faith and identity in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Read creative nonfiction in English. For scholarly writing, see our critical essays; for invented worlds, our fiction.
Browse all journal issues, meet the essayists in our contributors, or send an essay of 2,500 to 4,000 words through our submission guidelines.
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Balikbayan
Wala makakonek ang akong selpon sa Wi-Fi sa NAIA Terminal 3. Duna untay Wi-Fi dinhi gikan sa mga dagkong telcom nga libreng magamit, apan nagkinahanglan man kinig rehistradong…
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Cordova
Mga alas kuatro y medya pa lang sa buntag, nagmata nako tungod sa tuktugaok sa mga manok. Lahi ning tingog sa manok dinhi sa barrio Day-as Cordova, ang…
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Maligaya Taxi
Ang ulahing higayon nga nakita nako si papa, naghulat siya sa akoa sa gawas sa Davao International Airport tapad sa Maligaya Taxi. Suot kaniya ang itom nga t-shirt…
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Panaw
‘Bai, gilaay ko sa balay / Di ba ka manghagad og laag / Nga walay undangay? / Atong pitaka mangnipis / Atong tsinelas mahilis’ – gikan sa awit…
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Taliwala sa Ozamis ug Mukas Port
NAA NA MI SA OZAMIS PORT, modunggo mi sa atbang samtang gisalig among safety sa driver aning barge. Diyos ko! Og magkinaunsa, ako seguro ang una nga madisgrasya,…
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On “Te, tabangi ko bi”
“Te, tabangi ko bi,” is a phrase that echoes frequently through my household. It’s a magical phrase, you see, consisting of words that transfix me into giving my…
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Concealer
My dad died five months ago on November 7th. Ever since his passing, I loved wearing makeup. My mom would wake me up at 5:30 AM every…
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Brief Notes on Jaya Jacobo’s Arasahas
I have always been fascinated with poetry that traverses the terrains of the physical, natural world, and attendant to the world of experience, of the spirit. I enjoy…
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On Politics over Kutsinta
for Kuya Kutsinta Every Sunday after mass at my Protestant church, a kuya would shout unto church-comers to buy his kutsinta, sold in a white, translucent bucket he…