Philippines

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The Strength of Water

By Gawani Gaongen

“Do not make the water angry,” they say.

Translated from Kankanaey by the author

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The Voices of Contact Languages in Asia: An Introduction

By Stefanie Shamila Pillai

For multilingual writers, choosing to write in their heritage languages can be seen as an expression of agency, an active choice to communicate in a nondominant language.

Eyes of the Wave

By Francis C. Macansantos

Eyes of blue-green watch you, / Dimpled smiles hidden in water.

Translated from Zamboangueño Chavacano by the author

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Mr. Marcos (A Soliloquy)

By Francis C. Macansantos

The moon taunts, smiles, / “Come into my parlor, old man.”

Translated from Zamboangueño Chavacano by the author

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The Husband and His Brother

By Björn Halldórsson

When Böddi came back to Iceland a month later, he was engaged.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

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Birds in Flight, 1965

By Enrique Villasis

Not as a multitude, but as one.

Translated from Filipino by Bernard Capinpin

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A Note from Contest Judge David Tomas Martinez

It was an Hunahpúan effort to choose only four poems from this extraordinarily strong pool of poems.

The Man with a Thousand Names

By R. Joseph Dazo

Aren’t you the one with the tattoos?

Translated from Cebuano by John Bengan

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Framing the Story: Six Graphic Narratives

By Susan Harris

These artists capture both words and images to convey narratives individual and collective.

The View

By Marlon Hacla & Apol Sta. Maria

An escalating inquiry into the passage of time.

Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim

(Re)writing the Philippines: An Introduction

By Kristian Sendon Cordero & Kristine Ong Muslim

The works we have selected challenge a monolithic view of the fragmented histories and interconnected, overlapping cultures in the Philippines.

Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim

from “Remains”

By Daryll Delgado

Coconut trees, palm fronds gone. Decapitated.

Water

By Voltaire Oyzon

Three or four days / he hangs out in our house.

Translated from Waray by Merlie M. Alunan

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“Languages Constantly Crackling in the Air”

By the Editors of Words Without Borders

Not enough is known about the Philippines.

Norebang

By Genevieve L. Asenjo

We belt out everything from ABBA to K-pop, to “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit,” grinding and wiggling.

Translated from Filipino by Michelle Tiu Tan

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Juggler

By Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles

How does one grasp making / sense of timing when to hurl and when to catch?

Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim

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Erlina’s Sugilanon

By Tito Genova Valiente

Actually, the night Erlina first saw an Onglo was the night the creature was regenerating his power.

A Planned Brief Documentary on a Teenage Boy in a Badjao Village

By M. J. Cagumbay Tumamac

Like a fish / in an aquarium, you are a source of distress and distraction.

Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim

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Can’t Go Out

By Elizabeth Joy Serrano-Quijano

I want to cry and look for Papa, but I can’t go out.

Translated from Cebuano by John Bengan

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Birds of Paradise, 1965

By Enrique Villasis

In the mind, a flock of birds, feathers from an unshakable, shadowy thing.

Translated from Filipino by Bernard Capinpin

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from “Melismas”

By Marlon Hacla

What / are the things we need to prepare?

Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim

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Philippines

The Strength of Water

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“The Varied Temperaments of Languages”

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The Voices of Contact Languages in Asia: An Introduction

Eyes of the Wave

Mr. Marcos (A Soliloquy)

The Husband and His Brother

Birds in Flight, 1965

A Note from Contest Judge David Tomas Martinez

The Man with a Thousand Names

Framing the Story: Six Graphic Narratives

The View

(Re)writing the Philippines: An Introduction

from “Remains”

Water

“Languages Constantly Crackling in the Air”

Norebang

Juggler

Erlina’s Sugilanon

A Planned Brief Documentary on a Teenage Boy in a Badjao Village

Can’t Go Out

Birds of Paradise, 1965

from “Melismas”