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Ma. Crisanta Nelmida Flores, Ph.D. An Ethnocultural Mapping of Pangasinan Arnold Molina Azurin, Historian Pangasinan's Pre-Colonial Links with Overseas Kingdoms and Cultures Maria Magno-Icagasi, Ph.D. Pangasinan Literary History A. Heritage and History Godofredo Tiong. Ph.D. A Brief History of Pangasinan Leaders Elnora Dudang Pangasinan Lenten Cultural Practices: A Dying Ritual? Fe L. Alcantara-Andico The Fishing Tradition of a Coastal Community in Pangasinan: Seascape, Legends and Indigenous Knowledge Edgar Guevara Lifestyle Changing Back to Culture B. Literary & Folkloric Legacy Ruby Keith S. Sison et.al. Bangon La Zarzuela: Revitalizing the Arte Cancion in Pangasinan Reagan R. Maiquez Instructor Ang Panimulang Paghahanap sa Anacbanua sa Pagbasa ngPanitikang Bayan ng Pangasinan Rosalina A. Mendigo, Ph.D. Mga Zarzuelang Pangasinan sa Pagdaan ng Panahon Santiago B. Villafania The Pangasinan Anlong: Oral Traditions into the 21st Century C. Language Russel Lomboy Is Pangasinan a

While it takes most artists and writers years of heartbreaks and disappointments before making it big in the literary circle, the road to success is relatively shorter and easier for Carlos Piocos, the first place awardee for the Tula (Poetry in Filipino) category of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature 2007, outperforming writers his senior both in age and experience. And he is just warming up. At only 23 years old, Piocos, a Masters student at the University of the Philippines Diliman, is one of the youngest winners in the major categories of this year’s Palanca Awards. He now joins the field of veteran poets, who have received recognition from the same institution and other credible literary bodies here and abroad. Piocos’ collection of poems “Corpus,” which delves into the lives of a historian, an undertaker and a poet won critical acclaim among the Palanca judges. “I really feel privileged, honored (about the award) but it was really unexpected. I never expected to w

Art for Peace in Mindanao: Poetry, Music & Live Art Performance with cocktails on October 27, 2007, Saturday, 5-10 pm, at The Podium, #18 ADB Ave., Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Entrance is free. Featuring some foremost Filipino artists, musicians and poets with special participation of Cesare A.X. Syjuco, The Bitaw Group and two guest poets Sonny Villafania and Dr. Leopoldo Delacruz to be hosted by Trix Syjuco. Yanna Verbo Acosta, Miko Pepito Aguilar, Viva Andrada, Noli Aurillo, Bob Balingit, Sherwin Carillo, Janine Henares Delas, Eleazar "Nothingelse" Delos Reyes, Michael "Syke" Dolero, Elemento (Lirio Salvador), Erving Go, JP, Vanni Liwanag, Project Ganymede, Christopher Perez, Eghai Roxas, Kooky Tuason, Nityalila Saulo, Danny Sillada, Jean Marie Syjuco, Maxine Syjuco, Trix Syjuco & Marvin, Mannet Villariba & Punu Wasu

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007 is awarded to the English writer Doris Lessing "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing, 88, becomes just the 34th woman to join the list of Laureates after the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Professor Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 11 October 2007.

Compelling literary works, for some artists, are produced out of vivid imagination, while others are inspired by merely observing the everyday rustics. But for Nicolas Pichay, the latest Hall of Fame awardee in the prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, compelling and effective literary pieces are best derived from one’s heart and experiences. Pichay's entry “Tres Ataques de Corazon” or “The Angina Monologues,” which delivers a poignant storytelling of three people suffering various problems of the heart, bagged the top prize in the 2007 Full-length play category in Filipino of the prestigious Palanca literary tilt. The winning play starts with the character of Che Un, an overweight chef, who struggles with the unfamiliar territory of falling in love with his assistant cook. The second part tells of Lawrence Cruz, a self-confessed homosexual who juggles his time between two relationships. The last part of the Filipino play delves on the life of a retired publ

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) has just approved the publication grant (Resolusyon Blg. 2007-56) for my Pangasinan poetry book Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles :) Should the book be available on the first week of November, it will be launched concurrent with the Conference on Pangasinan Language and Cultural Heritage on Nov. 8-9, 2007.

agko yampar so gangganam agi ed mabinbinta iran bolaklak samiong tan santing da ma'y manlagyat na nilaksalaksa ya kumpapey anggapo'y mipara ed limgas mo ya managaag ed inkapalsam tan ontan la'y pakakailiw ko no ag nanengneng so impanlupam ngalngali napaksot so linawa no mamatani ka lan bengatla

Me with the CCP artistic director Fernando "Nanding" Josef, Dr. Luis Gatmaitan and Nestor Lucena of the CCP Library Division.

Makata Issue No.10, October 2007 is now available online featuring the works of our home-grown and international poets: Aurora Antonovic, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Kristina V. Cajipe, Hazel Calventas, Rachel Chan Suet Kay, Dennis Espada, Manuel Lino G. Faelnar, C. W. Hawes, Tony Mercado Peña, Bishnupada Ray, Alexander Martin Remollino and Silvana Zapanta. Send all submissions / contributions for Volume 8 November 2007 issue to svillafania at yahoo [dot] com and to Jason Chancoco at tarusan22 at yahoo [dot] com (for Tagalog/Filipino & Bikol poetry). Also accepting poems written in other Philippine languages: Cebuano, Iluko, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, etc.