Writers and artists nominate Joma Sison as National Artist
“The nomination of Jose Maria Sison for national artist for poetry and the essay is moved by recognition of the crucial role he has a played and continues to play in the making of the Filipino community and nation by developing and enhancing the Filipino capacity to understand the Philippine crisis through the poems and the hundreds of essays he has written on the manifold aspects of that crisis,” a part of the nomination entitled “Jose Maria Sison’s Enduring Legacy: People’s Art, People’s Culture” read
Writers and Artists Nominate Joma Sison as National Artist
Nominators led by the Concerned Artists of the Philippines and National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera beat yesterday’s deadline by a few hours as they submitted hundreds of pages of testimonials and lists of Sison’s works at about 8:30 in the evening at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
BATAS NG PAG-AKLAS: Mga hinangong aral sa ika-40 taon ng Batas Militar
(Unang nalimbag ang akdang ito sa isyu 14 ng Philippine Collegian noong 19 Setyembre 2012.) (Mga dibuho ni Marianne Rios) Para sa nakararaming Pilipino, inihuhudyat ng buwan ng Setyembre ang papalapit na panahon ng Kapaskuhan. Ngunit para sa mga nabuhay noong dekada ‘70, ipinaaalala ng Setyembre ang isa sa pinakamadilim na yugto sa kasaysayan ng […]
Social and Cultural Themes in Filipino Poetry (Part II of II)
On the whole, Hufana distinguishes himself as the ethnic poet of the Philippines. His volume of “a first decade”, Sickle Season, published in 1959, issues a native concern even as he displays a wide range of anthropological knowledge. This concern oftentimes becomes barbed with cynicism, but anyhow, there are the beautiful lines burrowing through rough […]
Social and Cultural themes in Philippine Poetry (Part I of II)
It is very relevant to take note of the possibility of embodying militancy in a metaphorical presentation. While it may be said that the Filipino poet has always had enough social concern to image, he is still to be held responsible for not being able to go beyond the usual negative statement. It is an […]
Revolt of the Students
Dr. Chow Tse-tung’s The May Fourth Movement, the latest of the Harvard East Asian Studies, is a brilliantly balanced analysis of a very controversial subject. This objective is attained with meticulous documentation and without the least pussyfooting. The success of this scholarly study has been achieved only because the author has been intensively aware that […]
Hulme: Vitalism and Geometry
Although T.R Hulme is extremely traditional, he perfectly suits at the same time the modern temper. His ironical position is stressed by the fact that he has influenced modern criticism more than he has been acknowledged, according to Walter J. Bates. Above all, he has in an amazing but indirect way been responsible for a […]