Lektyur sa Nobelang Margosatubig ng Ilonggong Pambansang Alagad ng Sining Ramon Muzones at Paglulunsad ng taga_uma@manila ni Genevieve L. Asenjo sa Iloilo Mega BookFair

MAY LEKTYUR AT PAGLULUNSAD NG LIBRO si Pangga Gen sa gaganaping Iloilo Mega BookFair (IMBF) sa Nobyembre 8-11, 2019 sa Festive Walk Iloilo! Abstrak: Ano ang pagbabasa ngayon sa gitna ng visual spectacle ng 24/7 media industry? Isang maiksing kasaysayan ang lektyur ng pagbabasa ng Margosatubig, serial na nobela noong 1946 na tumagal ng 30…

“Ga-uran Run, Ang Bus Wara Gihapon” ni Genevieve L. Asenjo

"Makilala mo ang tawo sa pamangkot na kanimo angay nga ginahusgahan natun ang tawo sa andang sabat. Kag ano nga sa dyang bahin, nakita ko ang kanding sa unahan. Dag-un na ako sa suray. Nagausang pa kang bulak, abaw, ang lirio nga nagapamulak kadyang Oktubre! Kamahal kadya sa syudad nga ulian ko. Hasta magduro ang pasahero, nabuta ang terminal, kag wara gihapon ang bus. Indi run kami kilalahay. "

When in Downtown Iloilo: Gallery i, D’Top’s Bookstore, and KongKee

Iloilo City is my transit point between Manila, where I live and work for 18 years now, and Antique, my province. I go home regularly and I am always happy to stop for a while in the city. There are college batchmates and writer friends to meet-up for lunch and dinner over talaba and tinola.…

Islas de Higantes: My First Taste of Wasay-Wasay & The Lesson of The Lagoon

There are available versions online of the legend of Islas de Higantes that you can read. For the version of our tour guides, this is the one-sentence summary: There was once a giant who stole cabugao fruits from Negros and when chased and caught he dropped them and these became this group of islands now…

Takuri Cafe…Find It in Iloilo City! 

Heard about Takuri Cafe from friends. So I decided to hold my lunch meeting there last Monday. I reserved through their Facebook page and received a prompt reply and confirmation. It is located at Cuartero in Jaro. I flagged a cab from SM City and in less than 10 minutes we were there. With or…