Philippine Literature in Mindanao

Check out these literary works made by Mindanao-based 21st-century Filipino writers.


  • Choosing to Stay Home

    ?Diri lang ta,? Nanay Salbing says, as she leads us through the maze that is Barangay Pasil. An hour ago, I was sitting in a cubicle in our office on the sixth floor of a building inside IT Park. The office only seems to have two colors: blue and white. In the office, there are…

  • My Trilingual Career

    Francis C. Macansantos ? Butch to his friends and family ? considered many places home. Born in Cotabato City in 1949, he spent his boyhood in Zamboanga City, hometown of his parents. A Zamboangueno at heart (and palate), his memories of growing up with boyhood friends in Zamboanga were vivid and came to life in…

  • Here, There, Everywhere: Catching Up with Criselda Yabes

    Criselda Yabes has published eight books, including Sarena?s Story: The Loss of a Kingdom, which won the UP Centennial Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction simultaneously with Below the Crying Mountain. A journalism graduate of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, she worked as correspondent for the international press in Manila, covering politics and coups…

  • Ulan-init

    ?Hooooo!? Gibira ni Nenet ang pisi nga nagtapot sa ilong sa kabaw, mihunong kini sa pagkadungog sa iyahang singgaak. Nagtungtong siya sa buko-buko sa mananap nga ganina pa naghalhal. Walay klase, mao nang nanghakot silag lubi kauban ang iyahang maguwang nga si Teban, disi-says anyos ug manghod nga si Pawpaw nga dyes ang panuigon. Tig-isa…

  • Amongst the Bissayans of Zvbv

    Sanctified, Caesarean, Catholic Majesty, the Emperor Don Phelippe, Our Lord King: May the grace, peace, and loving kindness of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with YourMajesty Don Phelippe, by the grace of God King of Castilla, León, Aragón, the twoSicilies, Jherusalem, Navarra, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Mallorca, Sevilla,Cerdeña, Córdoba, Córçega, Muria, Jaém, the Algarves, Algezira,…