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