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This is an invitation for Filipino writers to submit their application for membership in the Philippine Center of International PEN. Please fill-out the application form (pdf format or word ) and send to: Philippine PEN Solidaridad Bookstore 531 Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila, Philippines Telefax: +632.525.5038 Email: philippinepen@yahoo.com A notification will be sent to you once your application has been reviewed by a membership committee and approved by the Philippine PEN Board of Directors. Thank you for your interest in participating in Philippine PEN. Sincerely, Lito B. Zulueta National Secretary, Philippine PEN Background The Philippine PEN is a member of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) with Centers in some 150 countries worldwide. The PEN Philippine Center celebrated its golden anniversary in December 2007. Its founding was marked by a national writers conference, the first of its kind after the war, held for two days in Baguio City in December ...

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By Alexander Villafania PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA – In this modern age when people would rather read online than pick up a piece of literature, one might wonder if the published Filipino literati is going the way of the newspaper. Then again, I am but one of the many Filipinos who, for years, have failed to read scriptures from Filipino writers. Conscripted to a life of grinding through days, my consumption of creative literature has taken a backseat. It is replaced by staggered doses of reading through social networks, YouTube video disasters, and a few downloaded comics. Sadly, few of these give any mental challenge, only reasons to gripe about the ravages of daily living. Doubly ironic is the fact that I graduated with a degree in English literature, having speed-read through 800 years of Anglo-American lore (yes, I can still spit “ye Olde English” between my teeth while taking a nap). Few realize that the tunnel vision of boredom can be broken if only a dose of creative writing is t...

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