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In my graduate writing workshop the other week, I received two essays from my students, one titled “Fasting and Abstinence” and the other “Portrait of a Matron.

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                    [Title] => Reading Brillantes in Diliman
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If there’s one thing I admit that’s surprised me in recent memory, it’s the multitude that greeted Neil Gaiman when he visited our shores last year. Until then, it really hadn’t occurred to me that – gasp – Filipinos actually did read.
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(Second Of Two Parts)

For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d rather not spoil the fun (or the horror) for you by telling you what these stories specifically involve; suffice it to say that when "The Lottery" was published in The New Yorker in 1948, the maga
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                    [Title] => METRO MANILA AIN’T NOTHING BUT HELL MISSPELLED
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                    [Summary] => (Author’s note: This article is this column’s best attempt at some sort of Christmas message, although I must admit it was written with only two hours sleep, medication and after watching the news. The title is borrowed from Harlan Ellison who I always pretend to be when I’m angry.)


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                    [Title] => Who is your favorite author?
                    [Summary] => Since I was a child my Dad, Alberto Romulo, impressed on me both the importance of and the pleasure that comes with reading. Since Dad grew up in the province he wasn’t able to travel as much as his cousins did. So he did the next best thing: he went to the local library to read. And what a wealth of experiences he got! 


I am always filled with pride when I hear my Dad talk to foreign visitors because more often than not he knows  more about their countries than they do.


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                    [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo
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                    [Title] => Last man on earth
                    [Summary] => If ever the good Lord decides to let the Philippines (or perhaps just Metro Manila) slide into the ocean , giving us only enough time to gather a few relics from our culture to put in a glass capsule, what would we put?
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The art of the title

By Butch Dalisay | February 17, 2014 - 12:00am

In my graduate writing workshop the other week, I received two essays from my students, one titled “Fasting and Abstinence”...

Arts and Culture

Reading Brillantes in Diliman

By Erwin T. Romulo | January 5, 2007 - 12:00am

If there’s one thing I admit that’s surprised me in recent memory, it’s the multitude that greeted Neil Gaiman when he visited our shores last year. Until then, it really hadn’t occurred...

Young Star

The element of surprise

By Butch Dalisay | July 18, 2005 - 12:00am

(Second Of Two Parts) For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d...

Arts and Culture

METRO MANILA AIN’T NOTHING BUT HELL MISSPELLED (BUT IT’S THE ONLY HOME I GOT AND I LOVE IT HERE)

By Erwin T. Romulo | December 26, 2003 - 12:00am

(Author’s note: This article is this column’s best attempt at some sort of Christmas message, although I must admit it was written with only two hours sleep, medication and after watching the news. The...

Young Star

Who is your favorite author?

By Mons Romulo | May 4, 2003 - 12:00am

Since I was a child my Dad, Alberto Romulo, impressed on me both the importance of and the pleasure that comes with reading. Since Dad grew up in the province he wasn’t able to travel as much as his cousins...

Sunday Lifestyle

Last man on earth

By Erwin T. Romulo | November 16, 2002 - 12:00am

If ever the good Lord decides to let the Philippines (or perhaps just Metro Manila) slide into the ocean , giving us only enough time to gather a few relics from our culture to put in a glass capsule, what would...

Young Star