Day 3, Workshop Session 5: “Two Stories” by Macoy Tang, Fellow for Short Story

Fellow: Macoy Tang Moderator: Jun Cruz Reyes “Ano ang panitikan sa panahon ng multimedia?” In introducing Macoy Tang’s two stories—“TraQer” and “Malacañang Dwende Tells All”—Dr. Jun Cruz Reyes prefaced the session with a pertinent question. Due to the apparent influence of Internet culture and the digital age on Tang’s works, he first reflected on how […]

Superpowers sa tunay na buhay ni Adelle Liezl Chua

Superpowers sa tunay na buhay    Kumbinsido ako noon na mayroon akong lihim na kapangyarihan. Kapag tinititigan ko kasi ang isang bagay na naaarawan, hindi magtatagal, ito ay malililiman. Walang palya – kailangan ko lang bumilang hanggang lima, at sigurado pa sa pagsikat ng araw na titigil ang pagsikat ng araw sa bagay na aking […]

Panel and Paragraph by Macoy Tang

Panel and Paragraph I write (and occasionally draw) comics, a much-maligned and tragically misunderstood medium. Yes, medium. Specifically, I write komiks, our even more maligned, even less understood local subspecies. I work in words and images–not like in a storybook, where the latter merely decorates the former, but rather in such a way that the […]

Kumikiwal na Dugo ni Ronnel V. Talusan

Kumikiwal na Dugo Paborito kong gamitin sa mga isinusulat ko ang dugo. Pakiramdam ko’y nakalilikha ako ng pintig ng buhay gamit ang salita, simbolo at talinghaga ng dugo. Hindi ko alam kung bakit sobrang lakas ng dating sa akin ng salitang dugo kahit na kapag nababasa ko ito sa mga akda. Klaseng obsesyon. Siguro’y dahil […]

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