Diwata

Diwata PDF Author: Barbara Jane Reyes
Publisher: American Poets Continuum
ISBN: 9781934414378
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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James Laughlin Award-winning Filipina poet Barbara J. Reyes invents new mythologies melding Southeast Asian traditions with streetwise West Coast poetry.

Diwata

Diwata PDF Author: Barbara Jane Reyes
Publisher: American Poets Continuum
ISBN: 9781934414378
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
James Laughlin Award-winning Filipina poet Barbara J. Reyes invents new mythologies melding Southeast Asian traditions with streetwise West Coast poetry.

Diwata

Diwata PDF Author: Barbara Jane Reyes
Publisher: BOA Editions, Ltd.
ISBN: 1934414727
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Tagalog is a language spoken by twenty-two million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical being who resides in nature, and who human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease in order to live harmoniously in this world. In her book Diwata, Barbara Jane Reyes frames her poems between the Book of Genesis creation story and the Tagalog creation myth, placing her work somewhere culturally between both traditions. Also setting the tone for her poems is the death and large shadow cast by her grandfather, a World War II veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, who has passed onto her the responsibility of remembering. Reyes' voice is grounded in her community's traditions and histories, despite war and geographical dislocation. From "Estuary 2": She was born with fins and fishtail, A quick blade slicing water. She was her father's mermaid child, A river demon, elders said. She mimicked her cetaceous brothers, Abalone diving bluest depths. She polished smooth her brothers' masks, Inlaid nacre half moon eyes. She lit oak pyres and bade the wind A whispered requiem. Barbara Jane Reyes is author of two previous poetry collections including Poeta en San Francisco, which was awarded the 2005 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She was born in Manila and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works as adjunct professor in Philippine studies at the University of San Francisco. From National Book Critics Circle: “Diwata as a mythological invocation takes teh reader back to pre-colonial Philippines when the belief in these god and goddesses shaped the everyday lives on the Southeast Asian archipelago. They have now become your muses as you reach toward this cultural legacy to shape a distinct postmodern poetics in which yo u don’t simply erase colonial history- you build with that narrative as well."

Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog

Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog PDF Author: Edgar Calabia Samar
Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9712729044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Touted as a “new way of writing,” this novel in Filipino centers on Daniel who dreams of writing a novel. He creates a labyrinth of narrative voices inspired by writers he has read—fragments of scenes and situations that blend together, ushering Daniel to self-discovery along the way. Text in Filipino (Tagalog).

Speech & Debate

Speech & Debate PDF Author: Stephen Karam
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822222866
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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THE STORY: Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that's rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio's connection grows dee

Songs and Gifts at the Frontier

Songs and Gifts at the Frontier PDF Author: José Semblante Buenconsejo
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415941242
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Official Gazette

Official Gazette PDF Author: Philippines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazettes
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Philippine Folk Literature

Philippine Folk Literature PDF Author: Damiana L. Eugenio
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715425360
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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This anthology presents a bird's-eye view of the whole range of Philippine folk literature.

Maria Cacao, ang diwata ng Cebu

Maria Cacao, ang diwata ng Cebu PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789715180290
Category : Bilingual books
Languages : en
Pages :

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Maria Cacao is a fairy who lives in Lantoy Cave. When people see a damaged bridge in Argao, they know that she has set sail in her golden boat and the mast has hit the bridge.

Mara

Mara PDF Author: Bruce Allsman
Publisher: Bruce Yeoh
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

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Mara, a supernatural horror story by Bruce Allsman After a near futile search for yet another replacement maid to care for their four-year-old daughter, Mara, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Chee Kooi, find Diwata, who seems to satisfy Mara compared to the previous maids who had either quit within a week or ran away. Despite her relief, Mrs. Ho, curious about the relationship between Mara and Diwata, soon uncovers an unspeakable horror, a shocking truth, not about Diwata but her daughter.

A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth

A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth PDF Author: Laura Estelle Watson Benedict
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bagobo (Philippine people)
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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