Philippine Literature in English

Read these literary works in English made by 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…

  • Baybayin All Over Her Face

    Her eyes spill out unspoken stories?in the form of wrinkles that etch deeper and longer with the passage of time. From the corners of her eyes, they branch out like patterns on the wings of a butterfly?crawling all over her face, etching curves on her cheeks or fashioning waves on her forehead. These scratches of…

  • 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…

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

    *based on a true story Language of Dialogues: Pangasinan, Arabic, Iloko with English subtitles Story, Screenplay, & Direction: Valentina Vidal Shooting Location: Dhofar Mountains, Oman Style and Narrative Structure: A poetic film with an episodic structure *Inspired by a true story Leonora Perez (63), a Filipino migrant worker employed as a shepherdess for a family…