NBDB Book Club holds special lecture to promote Pangasinan poetry

Join the NBDB Book Club on April 26 as it celebrates regional literature at the Ortigas Library Foundation. Set to share his thoughts and insights on writing verse in regional languages is premier Pangasinan poet Santiago Villafania. His latest book, Malagilion , a compilation of sonnets and villanelles written in the Pangasinan language, will be featured. Santiago Villafania is editor of the literary e-zine, Dalityapi.com and Makata: An Online Journal of Philippine and International Contemporary Poetry. Malagilion is his second book, published through the assistance of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and Emilio Aguinaldo College. Also to give a lecture on the richness of Pangasinan culture is UP professor Dr. Crisanta Nelmida-Flores. The lecture is brought in part by the Ortigas Foundation Library and the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), an organization of poets writing in Filipino. The Ortigas Foundation Library is at the 2/F of the Ortigas Building at Ortigas cor. Meralc...