Anthology of Essays

A Passionate Patience

Ten Filipino Poets On The Writing Of Their Poems

By Ricardo M. De Ungria, editor

ISBN: 971-27-04297 | Ed. 1995 | Softcover, newsprint | 112 pp.
14 x 22 cm. | P125 | Order Now | Back to top

Ten major poets answer questions about the muse of poetry, and the birthing process of their creative works. Find out how these outpourings of soul are begun, nurtured, and fulfilled. Features Gemino Abad, Carlos Angeles, Cirilo Bautista, Ricaredo Demetillo, Ophelia Dimalanta, Marjorie Evasco, Alejandrino Hufana, Edith Tiempo, Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido, and Alfred Yuson.

Aparador Ni Lola

By Emmie G. Velarde

ISBN: 971-27-14039 | Ed. 2003 | | 132 pp.
14.5 x 22 cm. | P350 | Order Now | Back to top

Edited by Emmie Velarde, the book is about grandmothers and our fond memories of them. Filled with humor and longing, the works pay heart-warming tribute to all grandparents and the aparadors that held delightful little treasures and well-kept secrets.

The book has a glossary for the benefit of readers of various generations who are unfamiliar with rarely- used terms. The narratives are very much like lolas and their aparadors -- beloved icons from a past that resurrect and become more alive in each retelling.

In her essay, journalist Tess Cerojano recounts, "Along with a crystal rosary, she keeps the lock to her aparador under her pillow when she sleeps. She guards her aparador vigilantly, holding as it does a whole lifetime's worth of memories and affection for this woman, tiny and stooped, but not conquered by time."

With contributions by Jose Lacaba, Anna Leah Sarabia, Jose Javier Reyes, Marily Ysip Orosa, Bill Formoso, Tess Cerojano, Babeth Lolarga, Mary Lou Lacson-Arcelo, Monique L. Buensalido, Lolita Delgado Fansler, Jeannie E. Javelosa, Myrna Almario-Adriano, Des Ferriols, Elvira Mata, Floy Quintos, and Abe Florendo.

Beauty For Ashes

Remembering Maningning

By Mario Ignacio Miclat and Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr., editors

ISBN: 971-27-11277 | Ed. 2001 | Softcover, newsprint | 128 pp.
14 x 21.7 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

The book is a collection of elegies, essays and letters by 34 notable and promising visual and literary artists who share their "deep meditations" and "poet outpourings of grief and affection for departed poet, painter, and teacher, Maningning Miclat.

Coming To Terms

Writings On Midlife By 15 Women

By Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, editor

ISBN: 971-27-03312 | Ed. 1994 | Softcover, bookpaper | 232 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P175 | Order Now | Back to top

Fifteen intensely personal accounts by women who fearlessly debunked the myth of midlife crisis to emerge complete, satisfied, and confident of their potentials and achievements as women and as persons. The book looks closely at the different perspectives of that anxiety-filled phase and provides insights that will empower all women to face the inevitable.

From Coffee To Cocktails

By Celine R. Lopez

ISBN: 971-27-12958 | Ed. 2002 | | 100 pp.
13.3 x 18.6 cm. | P595 | Order Now | Back to top

"Celine's kooky feats and foibles have caught us pleasantly unaware - her hilarious adventures and tell-all insights are an entertaining mix of sass, sincerity and sensitivity. A funny fashionable read." - Myrza Sison, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan Philippines -from the cover

From This Day Forward

Widows And Widowers Write

By Erlinda Panlilio, editor

ISBN: 971-27-12389 | Ed. 2002 | Hardcover, bookpaper | 188 pp.
12.7 x 18 cm. | P395 | Order Now | Back to top

ISBN: 971-27-12354 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, bookpaper | 188pp.
12.7 x 18 cm. | P275 |

A milestone among anthologies, this collection features essays by prominent widows and widowers namely Bambina L. Buenaventura, Cesar A. Buenaventura, Eric S. Caruncho, Doreen G. Fernandez, Lanelle Abueva Fernando, Rafael A. Gonzales, Narita M. Gonzalez, Hilarion M. Henares, Jr., Lorna Patajo Kapunan, Jaime C. Laya, Victor Lim, Maribel G. Ongpin, Jose S. Orosa, Marily Y. Orosa, Erlinda E. Panlilio, Agnes Prieto, Beth Day Romulo, Bienvenido A. Tan, Jr., Isabel Caro Wilson, Marilen P. Yaptangco and Nina Lim Yuson.

Received the 2002 National Book Award.

Growing Up Filipino

Stories for Young Adults

By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, editor

ISBN: 097-19-45802 | Ed. | | pp.
cm. | P905 | Order Now | Back to top

Intsik

An Anthology Of Chinese Filipino Writing

By Caroline Hau, editor

ISBN: 971-27-08802 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 336 pp.
14.61 x 22.25 cm. | 395P | Order Now | Back to top

Intsik's collection of literary works are "a testimony that draws on the personal knowledge, beliefs and convictions of its contributors to publicly authenticate the existence of the Chinese in the Philippines," as Caroline Hau writes in her Afterword.

Kano-Nization

More Secrets From The X-Pat Files

By Scott Garceau

ISBN: 971-27-11021 | Ed. 2001 | Softcover, bookpaper | 190 pp.
15.5 x 23.2 cm. | P250 | Order Now | Back to top

Also listed under: Issues

A collection of 41 no-holds-barred-essays on Filipino culture written from the refreshing viewpoint of a foreigner who is a long-time resident of the Philippines and a keen, if at times bewildered, observer. The book will regale readers with insightful takes on Tagalog, Filipino food, Philippine politics, and show business, among others.

Life On The Cusp

By Rita Ledesma and Mert J. Loinaz, editors

ISBN: 971-27-13970 | Ed. 2003 | Hardcover, bookpaper | 268 pp.
23 x 18 cm. | P750 | Order Now | Back to top

ISBN: 971-27-13954 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 268 pp.
23 x 18 cm. | P475 | Order Now | Back to top

Essays on what it is to be fifty-something and finally grown up. Contributors include Bambi Harper, Randy David, Augusto Villalon, Sylvia Mayuga, Maribel Ongpin, Grace Marie Katigbak, Jim Paredes, Joy Virata, Felice Sta. Maria, Josie Lichauco, and many more men and women larger than midlife and glad to be over it.

Lina Flor

Collected Works

By Soledad S. Reyes, editor

ISBN: 971-27-0923X | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 408 pp.
15 x 22 cm. | P450 | Order Now | Back to top

Also listed under: Philippine Fiction

This book gathers representative works of Lina Flor, one of our most prolific writers from the pre- and post-war years. Included are her stories in English and Filipino, samples of her weekly columns, her profiles on famous personalities such as Luz Banzon Magsaysay, the Carnival Queens, and various film luminaries of the 1950s and 1960s, her comedy songs, and the highly acclaimed series, Gulong ng Palad, the longest running soap opera ever.

Not Home, But Here

Writing From The Filipino Diaspora

By Luisa A. Igloria, editor

ISBN: 971-27-1358X | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 144 pp.
22 x 14 cm. | P395 | Order Now | Back to top

ISBN: 971-27-13881 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 144 pp.
22 x 14 cm. | P225 | Order Now | Back to top

Not Home, But Here is a gathering of writers who have made peace with living at home away from home. With so many Filipinos abroad, this is a collective sigh of homesickness, uprootedness, and nostalgia. Contributors are Merlinda Bobis, Nick Carbo, Felix Fojas, Loreta M. Medina, Reine Arcache Melvin, Leny Mendoza-Strobel, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Jon Pineda, Barbara J. Pulmano Reyes, Bino A. Realuyo, Angel Shaw, Eileen R. Tabios, Pancho Vera Lapuz, Ella Wagemakers-Sanchez, and Edna Weisser

Permutations Of Love

Looking Glass 2

By Doris Trinidad

ISBN: 971-27-05471 | Ed. 1996 | Softcover, bookpaper | 252 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P270 | Order Now | Back to top

"...In Doris' case, she rises above mere journalese and ends up enchanting you with single-topic literary musings, many of them poems-in-the-rough, almost-poems, unmetered poems...In reading her compilation, I glimpse Doris' inner life and what I see gives me...great joy. For her inner landscape yields countless metaphysical flowers and fruits." - from the introduction by Eugenia D. Apostol.

Porn Again

Midlife Outtakes And Mistakes

By Jose Javier Reyes

ISBN: 971-27-13113 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 248 pp.
14.5 x 22 cm. | P495 | Order Now | Back to top

ISBN: 971-27-13717 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, newsprint | 248 pp.
14.5 x 22 cm. | P275 | Order Now | Back to top

Porn Again is a collection of essays on Pinoy preoccupations: beauty contests, teleseryes, the economy, bad manners, men, and more - all from the point of view of the erudite and witty Reyes. "Joey is one of the few who can stimulate the intellect and offer insights into the human condition...No one is spared from Joey's poison-tipped barbs; no cow is so sacred it can't be barbecued... If honesty and directness are considered forms of pornography, and this book is the work of a pornographer, then we should all aspire to be porn again." -from the Foreword by Jessica Zafra.

Primed For Life

Writings On Midlife By 18 Men

By Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, editor

ISBN: 971-27-06087 | Ed. 1997 | Softcover, bookpaper | 228 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P160 | Order Now | Back to top

From the war against tyranny to the war against baldness, 18 accomplished, erudite men buckle down and reflect on "the pain of being a man." A theme that is awkward in general, and nearly impossible to discuss in midlife, "for most of these men, delving into and baring their inner lives is a daring first-time experience." -from the foreword by Mariel N. Francisco.

Public Lives

Essays On Selfhood And Social Solidarity

By Randy David

ISBN: 971-27-0694X | Ed. 1998 | Softcover, bookpaper | 264 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | 205P | Order Now | Back to top

In the introduction to his very first book, David writes "...I also write in order to remold myself and to arrest my own continuities. In writing, I take up the challenge to veer away, whenever I can, from that which I had consciously and carefully cultivated over years of study and experience. Writing, for me, is like embarking on a project of self-demolition so that a new one might arise from the fragments."

The Word On Paradise

Essays 1991-2000, On Writers And Writing

By Alfred A. Yuson

ISBN: 971-27-10998 | Ed. 2001 | Softcover, bookpaper | 324 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P450 | Order Now | Back to top

The book contains 75 telling essays described by the author as "gossip, trivia, confessions, laudations and some peeve-clearing related to the craft of writing." The best of Philippine Literature from a master observer and skillful storyteller.

The Writers' Wives

By Narita Gonzalez, editor

ISBN: 971-27-09272 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 208 pp.
15 x 22 cm. | P200 | Order Now | Back to top

"What is the role played by a writer's spouse?" Nick Joaquin asks in his foreword. Edited by Narita M. Gonzalez, this collection of essays answers that question and more, as twelve brave and honest women share their stories.

Twisted Series

By Jessica Zafra

Generation X icon Zafra continues her quest for world domination as she rants, complains, reminisces, and comments on anything and everything under the sun with her usual acerbic humor.

Twisted

ISBN: 971-27-04203 | Ed. 1995 | Softcover, bookpaper | 268 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Recipient, 1995 National Book Award for essay

Twisted 2

Spawn Of Twisted

ISBN: 971-27-05382 | Ed. 1996 | Softcover, bookpaper | 210 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P175 | Order Now | Back to top

Twisted 3

Planet Of The Twisted

ISBN: 971-27-07326 | Ed. 1998 | Softcover, bookpaper | 208 pp.
cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Twisted 4

The Twisted Menace

ISBN: 971-27-09929 | Ed. 1999 | Softcover, bookpaper | 224 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Twisted 5

ISBN: 971-27-10246 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, bookpaper | 224 pp.
15 x 22 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Twisted 6

ISBN: 971-27-12125 | Ed. 2002 | Softcover, bookpaper | 250 pp.
14.6 x 22.2 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

Twisted Flicks

By Jessica Zafra

ISBN: 971-27-13091 | Ed. 2003 | Softcover, bookpaper | 170 pp.
14.7 x 22 cm. | P195 | Order Now | Back to top

A collection of Zafra's film reviews. Her critiques have the kind of bite that engages the readers with the sneer and snarl of an avid movie fan. Her readers and subjects, young and old, will be outraged and amused at her vicious takes on award-winning, top-grossing films.

Women On Fire

By Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, editor

ISBN: 971-27-06079 | Ed. 1997 | Softcover, bookpaper | 140 pp.
15 x 23 cm. | P125 | Order Now | Back to top

In a more passionate sequel to the award-winning anthology, Coming to Terms, twelve women share more than midlife revelations. This anthology is about fear, anger, and falling in love, from the point of view of the women who have been through it all.

Womenagerie

And Other Tales From The Front

By Jessica Zafra

ISBN: 971-27-04750 | Ed. 1995 | Softcover, bookpaper | 188 pp.
14.6 x 22 cm. | P175 | Order Now | Back to top

A collection of Zafra's early columns in Woman Today magazine.

Youngblood 2.0

By Jorge Aruta and Ruel De Vera, editors

ISBN: 971-27-09515 | Ed. 2000 | Softcover, newsprint | 244 pp.
13 x 21 cm. | P145 | Order Now | Back to top

Co-published by Inquirer Books

Also listed under: Issues

This sequel to The Best of Youngblood features the best Youngblood columns from 1997 to 1998 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This second round loses nothing of the intense emotion and keen insight of young adults on their triumphs, failures, and struggles as human beings.

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