The Way We Are | Pangga | Poetry Collection The Way We Are examines, from a feminist gaze, our spiritual, romantic, and familial longing for permanency, a place in an imagined world. A homecoming to the self as we tread together through our own biases, carrying trauma toward our collective healing, finding comfort in vulnerability…
AGAW DILIM | Verlin Santos | Hardbound ……higit ka pa sa laman at buto. Ikaw ay sisidlan ng kaluluwa. ANG AGAW DILIM AY NAGLALAMAN NANG HINDI MABILANG NA KARANASAN NA NAISALIN SA ISANG DAANG PIRASONG ARAL PATUNGKOL SA PAG-IBIG, KABUTIHAN, PAG-ASA, PANGARAP AT IBA PANG MGA MAHAHALAGANG BAHAGI NG BUHAY. NILAKIPAN DIN ITO NG MGA…
Embracing Regrets | Laong Laan | Meditative Poetry The past and the future are both hallucinations. These are not true anymore. These two are not part of who we are in the present. But these two haunt us so much, especially in the past. They could’ve, should’ve been. We worry so much about it that…
Musings Under the Moon | Ri Madrigal | Poetry “And if you are to love Love as the moon loves It does not steal the night It only unveils the beauty of the dark.” ~Isra Al-Thibeh
Unsent Letters, Unspoken Words | Jianna Marie Allison | Paperback These are the words I wanted to say but never did. These are the secrets I never shared, but now I did.
In the months of a pandemic that drags us in sudden uncertainties, writing has become our greatest sanctuary; And if there is one thing we’ve proved, it’s how writing demented stories can save our sanity. Welcome to Refuge, a collection of Philippine literary works that will keep us afloat – in the meantime.