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Only the lonely (pagbasa sa tula ni Mike L. Bigornia)

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Salida
Mike L. Bigornia

Sa unang tingin, mahihiwatigan ang pamagat na tula ni Bigornia na napapatungkol sa kalungkutan at pag-ibig gaya na lamang ng mga kantang Emo o ng Empty Chairs ni Don McLean. "Onli" da "lonli" salitang magkatugma, musika sa tenga kapag binibigkas ng malakas at napakalungkot sa puso kapag pinaglilimihan (contemplation). Parang tungkol lamang ang tula sa kasawian sa pag-ibig gaya ng English song na pinagkuhanan niya ng pamagat. Sa isang banda, tungkol nga ba ito sa kasawian sa pag-ibig? Basahin natin ng malakas (waiter, beer pa dito):  

 

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IDOL KO SI SIR

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IDOL KO SI SIR
MICHAEL JUHA
                          BOOK COVER
 
Sa wakas, nakabili na rin ako ng librong IDOL KO SI SIR” na sinulat ng ating kasamahan dito na si Mike Juha.

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Alamat ng Gubat: Pagsusuri ng Isang Kontemporanyong Akda

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Alamat ng Gubat
Bob Ong

Ang Teksto: Pagtalakay sa Nilalaman, Pagtatakda ng Genre at Pagsusuri sa Bisa

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Tara, Tuloy Ka (Pagsusuri ng Dulang Ismail at Isabel ng PETA)

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Ismail at Isabel (play)
Playwright: Rody Vera Director: Maribel Legarda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Only Pure Hearts Can Break The Spell

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Only Pure Hearts Can Break The Spell
Melanie Quilla and Eloisa Marie Hernandez

Finally, natapos ko na din basahin ang “Only Pure Hearts Can Break The Spell”- ang unang aklat ng ating kapatid na Melay at Eloi.

Itinabi ko muna pansamantala ang halos 20 new titles (Filipino) na nabili ko sa Manila International Book Fair, including my signed copy of Axel Pinpin’s “Tugmaang Matatabil...”, Ricky Lee’s “Si Tatang at ang Himala...”, pre-signed copy ng “Desaparesidos” ni Lualhati Baustista at ang “The passion of Jovita Fuentes” (1st prize Palanca full length play) ni Peter S. Nery.

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Huling Lagapak ng Kandado

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Huling Lagapak ng Kandado
Axel Pinpin & Bobby Balingit

Freed Verse: Poems From Confinement
CD Review: Huling Lagapak ng Kandado: Mga Tula Mula sa Libingan ng mga Buhay
Written by: Axel Pinpin
Music by: Bobby Balingit

By:
Dianne Marah E.Sayaman/ Philippine Collegian
No. 23 January 29, 2009

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Tugmaang Matatabil

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Tugmaang Matatabil
Axel Pinpin

Ang matabil na dila ni Axel

in , Pinoy Weekly Online
Rebyu ni SOLIMAN SANTOS ng Tugmaang Matatabil (Mga Akdang Isinulat sa Libingan ng mga Buhay) A

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The Cure 4:13 Dream

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The Cure 4:13 Dream
The Cure

This holiday season is the best! You know why? Because this is one of the very rare times that I was able to get something that I really wanted in that Monito Monita racket....I GOT THE NEWEST THE CURE CD!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Hehehe. j.luna's the proud owner of the newest The Cure cd " 4:13 Dream", which is definitely one of the best that they ever made so far.

For the past 2 days, I've spent my enchanted evenings listening to this album, mesmerized.

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Jack Kerouac Book Of Sketches by Jack Keroauc (Review by j.luna '08)

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Jack Kerouac Book Of Sketches by Jack Keroauc (Review by j.luna '08)
Jack Kerouac

Category:BooksGenre: Literature & FictionAuthor:Jack Kerouac

"Sketching.....Everything
activates in front of you in
myriad profusion, you just have to purify your mind and let it
pour the words and write with
100% personal honesty."
- Jack Kerouac

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In Praise Of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa (Review by j.luna '08)

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In Praise Of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa (Review by j.luna '08)
Mario Vargas Llosa

Category:BooksGenre: Literature & FictionAuthor:Mario Vargas Llosa

Hello there, Literary Criticismophiles, accursed and wretched creatures who ravage, skin and torture literature!!
Now, tell me what comes into your mind when you hear the words South America or Latin America?