Young Underpaid Professionals

Under the Storm: 150 poets, 150 pieces of...

Jim Morrison said it best, “Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.” I’ll admit it on the outset – I can’t write poetry. Good thing the inability to write poetry (or at least poetry that...

The Antithesis Collective: Opening Its Doors

I hate it when people ask what I do for a living. Sometimes, I am tempted to answer “Chief Cook and Dishwasher” or “Senior Utusan” or just plain “Peon/Pisante” because those occupations are far easier to explain compared to Writer. When I say I am a writer, the follow up questions are “Where...

Yuppie Reports: Banned Books Week

Tomorrow marks the end of Banned Books Week, a yearly celebration that started back in 1982 to counter calls for censorship. There have been several challenges to written works for any number of reasons like anti-ethnicism, sexual content, different political and religious viewpoints, violence, offensive...

Manila International Book Fair 2009

Posted by Rica Calling all you alien children back to our mothership! Manila International Book Fair 2009 September 16 to 20, 2009 SMX Convention (You guys know this place, right? XD) You can TRY visiting the official site of MIBF (it's down as of this writing) http://www.manilabookfair.com/. I filched...