Here are some photos from April 19:
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Here are some photos from the commencement exercises:
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Here are some after-workshop photos from April 17:
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Here are some photos from April 17-18:
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A second batch of pics from Kael Co’s camera:
Once more from Kael Co’s blog:
“11:02: Workshop starts. Jing Hidalgo moderating. Carl’s folio, part of his forthcoming “And the Geeks shall Inherit the Earth” (Milflores), to be discussed after his poetics earlier, titled “Things I Worry About: The Poetics of Insecurity.” (Na hindi ko nalive-blog dahil hung over pa ako.)…
“11:03: Dean and Iwa agree: No need to be insecure. But I think ‘yun mismo ‘yung ugat ng humor, di ba– ‘yung sinasabi ni Carl na incongruence na ugat ng inability niya to navigate social situations…“11:06: Everyone agrees that humor is there. Craft-wise, Ma’am Jing thinks that there needs to be a bit more bang in the closures. Carlomar Daoana: Element of surprise important; good handling of introductions.”
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Carljoe Javier, Fellow for Essay in English discussing his poetics.
This one’s from Dean Alfar’s blog:
“On Thursday, we began with Alvin’s poetics, characterized by an elevated magical realism and “bagabag”. I think this is a form of literary horror and feel that, while it may have other concerns in terms of its problematics, it’s spec fic - which is really cool (his text, alternate history, has beautiful stuff like mice adopting a human)…
“Cris, who came next, is an ex-journalist who transitioning from creative non-fiction to fiction. She’s a fellow for CNF but her text is fiction, which threw me for a loop…
“Carlomar presented his poetics for his poetry, expressed in the context of his next collection. He used the language of fashion and talked about voice…
“Yesterday, Friday, we began with Jing’s poetics, which she calls “Akology”. Apparently, one of the concerns of CNF is the “I”, so it was instructive to listen to what Jing Hidalgo and the other panelists had to say…
“Iwa is simply the man. Once I read his transgressive fiction, I was hooked (and that’s hard to do given my ineptitude and low ennui levels with text in Filipino). We share similar sensibilities - especially regarding the primacy of story - and I’ll look for his books back home.”
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Here are some photos from April 16:
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Once more from Kael Co’s blog:
“1:44: Medyo controversial ang essay ni Jing, e. Vim doing a nice job of trying to bring up matters outside of the essay’s subject matter. For now…
“1:46: Isa sa mga tanong na dapat sagutin, I think– personally malabo sa akin, e– bakit mo gugustuhing magsulat tungkol sa manunulat at sa mga ginagalawan nilang circles? “Hindi ito gossip column… at hindi ko intensyong manira ng sinumang tao,” she says in her poetics paper. Kung ano talaga ang proyekto, hindi ko yata makita du’n sa paper. Mukhang kailangang dito i-flesh-out sa workshop ‘yun…“1:50: Jun Cruz Reyes says structure is “postmodern.” I disagree, and I think so would some of the people here…“1:52: Iwa: “Nabibitin ako na hindi siya nagpapangalan. Di ko ma-gets kung bakit ‘yung iba pinapangalanan mo, ‘yung iba, hindi.””
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