Postcards on Writing 3: How to Give a Good Speech
A few weeks ago, out of the blue, I received a message from a young man named Kuka Roque, who proudly attached the speech that his younger brother Gab (who recently graduated summa cum laude at the...
View ArticleFind of the Day: TOYS! (The 2012 Philippine Toy Convention)
The dads looked as keen as their kids to get their turn on this miniature racetrack (that kid nonchalantly watching the cars zoom by while wearing a bat suit kills me). Filipino geeks of yore will tell...
View ArticlePOSTCARDS ON WRITING 4: Questions from a 17-year-old wonder girl
Bright young thing and cool cat Chelsea Fernando (she has a full scholarship at Brown University where she’s taking up Literary Criticism–maybe someday she’ll be the next Michiko Kakutani, writing book...
View ArticlePOSTCARDS ON WRITING 5: Cesar Hernando tells stories through cinema
When I first met Cesar Hernando, I was an art student and he was my figure drawing teacher. I knew him as the guy who looked over our shoulders as we drew portraits of the men and women that stood...
View ArticleTHE CHILDHOOD CONTEST: Toys and Ants
Hello everyone, sorry for being away the last few weeks–there’ve been typhoons, weddings, renovations, art exhibits, and quite a bit of work to be done–but now I’m back and I’d like to start sharing...
View ArticleTHE CHILDHOOD CONTEST: Floods and Evil Teachers
“Residents wait for their family members being rescued at the end of a flooded street in the village of Tumana, Marikina town, in suburban Manila, on August 7, 2012, after torrential rains inundated...
View ArticleENGLISH TRANSLATION OF “MY KOTONG TITSER”
Hello there, below is the English translation to the winning story submitted in the ‘writing’ category of the ‘Childhood’ contest. I have to warn you, it’s difficult to capture the story’s original,...
View ArticleL.I.T.E.R.A.L. 01: Have you ever been published?
Sketch by production designer Anne Seibel, who created the stunning backdrops to the writer and artist-filled parties in Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris (see Vanity Fair’s wonderful article From...
View ArticleThe Childhood Contest: Sun and Stars
I know it’s been a long time coming, but here it is: the Childhood contest winner for art! The winning illustration, called Paint the Greys Away, was submitted by Angela Taguiang, who draws and designs...
View ArticleALL THE THINGS WE HAVEN’T DONE
found photograph A friend once said something that I’ve never really forgotten. Some years ago, when I was a student in England, I was living in a somewhat creepy mansion-turned student hall with...
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