What do I usually do if not scribbling some poems or trifles? Recycling the literary web that is.
Down memory lane with F. Sionil Jose
HE always wanted to become a medical doctor but he went on instead to become one of the greatest Filipino writers. The legendary author F. Sionil Jose, named National Artist for Literature in 2001, continues to be hale and hearty at 78 years old. He spends his days writing prodigiously still – first in his journal, then proceeding to any of the three novels he’s finishing at the moment. At the rate he’s going, there appears to be no waning of his memory, the keen attention to details and insightful perceptions which have made his works a brilliant mirror of Philippine society.
Book Review: Passionate prose about poetry
Poetry has been marginalized in our culture. But there are a few masters who rise to its defense so stirringly that they can send us back to the shelves to renew our acquaintance with the poems we were once force-fed in lit classes. Seamus Heaney is one of them. This is, after all, the man whose translation made "Beowulf" into a best seller.
Down memory lane with F. Sionil Jose
HE always wanted to become a medical doctor but he went on instead to become one of the greatest Filipino writers. The legendary author F. Sionil Jose, named National Artist for Literature in 2001, continues to be hale and hearty at 78 years old. He spends his days writing prodigiously still – first in his journal, then proceeding to any of the three novels he’s finishing at the moment. At the rate he’s going, there appears to be no waning of his memory, the keen attention to details and insightful perceptions which have made his works a brilliant mirror of Philippine society.
Book Review: Passionate prose about poetry
Poetry has been marginalized in our culture. But there are a few masters who rise to its defense so stirringly that they can send us back to the shelves to renew our acquaintance with the poems we were once force-fed in lit classes. Seamus Heaney is one of them. This is, after all, the man whose translation made "Beowulf" into a best seller.
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