Award-winning writer and former Manila Bulletin Agriculture magazine editor Yvette Tan, one of the Philippines' acclaimed horror writers, won 3rd place with her short story "Horror Vacui" at the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards 2024. Yvette co-hosted “Trese After Dark,” the behind-the-scenes...
Inspired by French epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s famous aphorism, here’s a tasting menu of symbolic eats, as served in literature Illustration by Oteph Antipolo Have you ever had dinner with anyone at which no word has been spoken? I suppose it wouldn’t have been an enjoyable one,...
In Rizal in Saga , reissued just in time for the 125th anniversary of his martyrdom, Nick Joaquin describes Jose Rizal as ‘either a half-baked egoist, full-time hallucinatory, or nostalgia nut.’ But was he a mystical seer? JOSE IMMORTALIZED the book Rizal in Saga , all artworks, including cover...
IMAGE OF AN ARTIST Lea Salonga as Eponine in Les Miserables , John Arcilla as Heneral Luna in the film of the same name, and Arjo Atayde in the series Bagman Every time I hear Lea Salonga sing, I hear the voice of every child reaching as high a note as she could as though all her dreams...
Valentine season is also the season for broken hearts. After all, does one ever fall in love without having one’s heart broken? As our National Hero Jose Rizal put it, “He who would love much has also much to suffer.” No wonder, falling in love is an event likened to a drop from a certain...
PAST RECIPIENTS Lino Brocka for film in 1997, Fernando Amorsolo for visual arts-painting in 1972, and Nick JoaquÃn for literature in 1976 Good news! The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) have opened the nomination for the Orden...
