Ang Buhok Nga Naglimpyo kang Suba | Ang Buhok na Naglinis ng Ilog | The Hair that Cleaned a River (Aklat Alamid, 2022)

"Naglatay ang buhok ni Amihan sa mga bato sa suba. Nagpaliko-liko sa mga kurbada kag tinumpok. May nagsab-it sa siit kang kawayan, imaw sa pakete kang mga shampoo kag habon, plastik nga botelya, kag duro pa nga plastik, plastik, plastik!"

“Getting to Know the Bat” & “Getting to Know the Cat:” Poems in Translation in an International Journal Anomaly

“Getting to Know the Bat” and “Getting to Know the Cat” are excerpted from the bilingual edition Sa Gihapon, Palangga, ang Uran/Always, Beloved, the Rain (Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2014), Genevieve L. Asenjo’s Kinaray-a-language poetry collection that has translations by Ma. Milagros Geremia-Lachica.

Lumbay ng Dila Book Signing @ the Manila International Book Fair

Poster: Ronald Verzo | Balangay Books 2022. Lumbay ng Dila (Tongue’s Melancholy) reveals the trauma and wisdom of Sadyah Zapanta Lopez, the abandoned daughter of revolutionary leaders in the island of Panay in the Visayas archipelago in the Philippines, and her search for her mother, and the truth in the murder case against her politician…