Day 2 of the 9th ALBWW, SESSION 2: Dayuhan (kurtina, sa gate, aso, amah, pansit)

SESSION 2: Dayuhan (kurtina, sa gate, aso, amah, pansit) Fellow: Victoria Mae D. Cuevas (Fiction, Filipino) Panelist: Rica Palis Sa pagpapakilala kay Victoria Mae D. Cuevas (Vee), ang pinakabatang fellow ng ika-9 na Amelia Lapena Bonifacio Writers Workshop, binuksan ni Rica Palis ang ikalawang sesyon ng palihan. Binigyang pansin niya ang kapangahasan at paninindigan ng […]
Day 2 of the 9th ALBWW, SESSION 1: Variations on Disquiet and Rage

SESSION 1: Variations on Disquiet and Rage Fellow: Rhanydell Bien Baysa (Poetry, English) Moderator: Luna Sicat Cleto To introduce Rhanydell Baysa’s Variations on Disquiet and Rage, Luna Sicat Cleto pointed out how the work’s themes of liminality, invisibility, and the mapping of different landscapes and geographies are deepened by the multi-cultural, nomadic positionality of the […]
DAY 1, 9th Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio Workshop

During the orientation of the fellows for the 9th Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio Writers Workshop, ICW staff PB Marana drew attention to the symbolic signifiance of the workshop taking place one week before the anniversary of the 1972 Martial Law declaration. The workshop’s avant theme of “Politikal-Experimental na Texto” was reckoned with, as fellows and panelists […]