Ladlad an anthology of philippine gay writing

Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing

J. Neil C. Garcia finished his BA Journalism (magna cum laude) in the University of Santo Tomas in He is currently instruction creative writing and comparative literature at the University of the Philippines , Diliman, where he also serves as an associate for poetry in the Institute of Creative Writing . He is the author of numerous poetry collections and works in literary and cultural criticism, including Our Lady of the Carnival (), The Sorrows of Water (), Kaluluwa (), Philippine Male lover Culture: The Last Thirty Years (), Slip/pages: Essays in Philippine Gay Criticism (), Performing the Self: Occasional Prose (), The Garden of Wordlessness (), and Misterios and Other Poems ( ) His latest critical work , Postcolonialism and Filipino Poetics: Essays and Critiques , is a revised version of his PhD dissertation in English Studies: Resourceful Writing, which he completed in He is currently working on a full-length book, a postcolonial survey and analysis of Philippine poetry in English.

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edited by J. Neil C. Garcia and Danton Remoto

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  • Mandaluyong City, Philippines : Published and exclusively distributed by Anvil Publishing, Inc., []

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  • Includes bibliographical references (pages ).
  • English and Tagalog.

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J. Neil C. Garcia finished his BA Journalism (magna cum laude) in the University of Santo Tomas in He is currently teaching creative writing and comparative literature at the University of the Philippines , Diliman, where he also serves as an associate for poetry in the Institute of Creative Writing . He is the creator of numerous poetry collections and works in literary and cultural criticism, including Our Lady of the Carnival (), The Sorrows of Water (), Kaluluwa (), Philippine Gay Culture: The Last Thirty Years (), Slip/pages: Essays in Philippine Gay Criticism (), Performing the Self: Occasional Prose (), The Garden of Wordlessness (), and Misterios and Other Poems ( ) His latest critical work , Postcolonialism and Filipino Poetics: Essays and Critiques , is a revised version of his PhD dissertation in English Studies: Creative Writing, which he completed in He is currently working on a full-length book, a postcolonial survey and analysis of Philippine poetry in English.