Day 2, Workshop Session 3: “Vestments” by Rayji de Guia, fellow for Novel
Fellow: Rayji de Guia Moderator: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. On his first reading of “Vestments,” Dr. Butch Dalisay noted, “Not my thing, but good.” During the workshop session, he echoed the same sentiment in pointing out the remarkable contrast between him—an old, self-admittedly grumpy, and straight man—and de Guia, who is young and queer. However, […]
Day 2, Workshop Session 2: “The Prodigal Daughters” ni Arnel Mardoquio, fellow sa Dulang Pampelikula
Fellow: Arnel Mardoquio Moderator: Rolando B. Tolentino Ipinosisyon ni Dr. Rolando B. Tolentino ang iskrip ni Arnel Mardoquio sa pelikulang “The Prodigal Daughters” sa continuum ng indie cinema. Binaybay ni Dr. Tolentino ang iba’t ibang panahon ng pag-angat at pagkalugmok ng sine Filipino at pinagtibay ang mga tagumpay na nakamit ng indipendiyenteng sine: mga likhang […]
Day 2, Workshop Session 1: “Another Hope Entirely” by Kara Danielle Medina, fellow for Creative Nonfiction
Fellow: Kara Danielle Medina Moderator: Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo “Creative nonfiction must not simply be honest; it must also be artful.” In introducing Kara Danielle Medina and her essay “Another Hope Entirely,” Dr. Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo emphasized artfulness as precisely the quality that separates creative nonfiction from journalism. One of the most important characteristics of the […]
Day 2: Welcome Remarks and Expectations Setting
Binuksan ang ikalawang araw ng ika-64 UP National Writers’ Workshop (UPNWW) ni Dr. Vladimeir B. Gonzales, Direktor ng Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW). Nagpasalamat siya sa mga naging partner ng Likhaan sa siklong ito ng palihan: Ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Los Baños Department of Humanities, ang Baden Powell International Makiling, at ang […]
Still Unspoken: Writing about and to Women by Rayji de Guia
Still Unspoken: Writing about and to Women For most of my life. I spoke very little—especially to my family. I couldn’t socialize with the same ease as my sisters, to whom, I believed, being social came naturally. Because of my mental illnesses, I was hardly awake most of the time, staying asleep beyond normal hours […]
Binisayang Dinabaw Ang Mga Salitang Dumadapo Sa Aking Dila ni Arnel Mardoquio
Binisayang Dinabaw Ang Mga Salitang Dumadapo Sa Aking Dila. Ang lahat ng aking screenplays ay aking isinalin sa Filipino para matanggap ko ang mga pondong pamproduksiyon na nagmumula sa sentrong Maynila. Samakatwid, ang wikang Filipino ay pangtransaksiyon, hindi natural na wika sa akin. Ang The Prodigal Daughter screenplay ay sinulat ko sa wikang Filipino pero […]
Oceans: A Ponderance of My Poetics by Kara Danielle Medina
Oceans: A Ponderance of My Poetics There is an end to it. The ocean, with its size and story, its brilliant deep blue and unceasing current — I cannot see it, and I don’t know where it is, but somewhere and somehow it ends at a shore. On a beach. In a port. It is […]