The Gods We Worship Live Next Door

The Gods We Worship Live Next Door PDF Author: Bino A. Realuyo
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry was inaugurated in 2003 to honor the late poet, a nationally recognized author of numerous collections of poetry and a former professor at the University of Utah. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door by Bino A. Realuyo is the 2005 prizewinning volume selected by Grace Schulman, distinguished professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY. "If I became the brown woman mistaken / for a shadow, please tell your people I'm a tree." The voice of a Filipino maid in the global economy begins Bino A. Realuyo's five hundred-year lyrical journey against the extremity and silence of history. In Realuyo's landscape of poetry, the ruins and the ruined of the Philippines gather to speak of "memory that arises from simple truths" and prove that what the punished body cannot endure, the soul will ultimately witness, illuminate, and redeem. Book jacket.

The Gods We Worship Live Next Door

The Gods We Worship Live Next Door PDF Author: Bino A. Realuyo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Book Description
The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry was inaugurated in 2003 to honor the late poet, a nationally recognized author of numerous collections of poetry and a former professor at the University of Utah. The Gods We Worship Live Next Door by Bino A. Realuyo is the 2005 prizewinning volume selected by Grace Schulman, distinguished professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY. "If I became the brown woman mistaken / for a shadow, please tell your people I'm a tree." The voice of a Filipino maid in the global economy begins Bino A. Realuyo's five hundred-year lyrical journey against the extremity and silence of history. In Realuyo's landscape of poetry, the ruins and the ruined of the Philippines gather to speak of "memory that arises from simple truths" and prove that what the punished body cannot endure, the soul will ultimately witness, illuminate, and redeem. Book jacket.

Our Scene So Fair

Our Scene So Fair PDF Author: Gémino H. Abad
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9715425593
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Our Scene So Fair consists of nine critical essays that seek to clarify the poetic tradition that Filipino poets in English have established over the first half of the last century.

The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos

The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos PDF Author: Isagani R. Cruz
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715424707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Our People's Story

Our People's Story PDF Author: Gémino H. Abad
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Category : Philippine literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Philippine English

Philippine English PDF Author: MA. Lourdes S. Bautista
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622099475
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 425

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An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.

The Umbrella Country

The Umbrella Country PDF Author: Bino A. Realuyo
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307781577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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"Certain things are better kept than said. . . . But certain things you have to find out now. . . ." On the tumultuous streets of Manila, where the earth is as brown as a tamarind leaf and the pungent smells of vinegar and mashed peppers fill the air, where seasons shift between scorching sun and torrential rain, eleven-year-old Gringo strives to make sense of his family and a world that is growing increasingly harsher before his young eyes. There is Gringo's older brother, Pipo, wise beyond his years, a flamboyant, defiant youth and the three-time winner of the sequined Miss Unibers contest; Daddy Groovie, whiling away his days with other hang-about men, out of work and wilting like a guava, clinging to the hope of someday joining his sister in Nuyork; Gringo's mother, Estrella, moving through their ramshackle home, holding her emotions tight as a fist, which she often clenches in anger after curfew covers the neighborhood in a burst of dark; and Ninang Rola, wise godmother of words, who confides in Gringo a shocking secret from the past--and sets the stage for the profound events to come, in which no one will remain untouched by the jagged pieces of a shattered dream. As Gringo learns; shame is passed down through generations, but so is the life-changing power of blood ties and enduring love. In this lush, richly poetic novel of grinding hardship and resilient triumph, of selfless sacrifice and searing revelation, Bino A. Realuyo brings the teeming world of 1970s Manila brilliantly to life. While mapping a young boy's awakening to adulthood in dazzling often unexpected ways, The Umbrella Country subtly works sweet magic.

The Authentic Voice of Poetry

The Authentic Voice of Poetry PDF Author: Ricaredo Demetillo
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Category : Poetics
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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"These are essays in the critical understanding of poetry. Since poems are primarily viewed as objects of art, the chief method used in discussing them is the close analysis of the structure and text. Since poems also reflect the author's symbolic gestures and attitudes, the time and place, and the forces that usually form the emotional and ideational tensions, it is inevitable that this book should also deal with psychological, moral, religious, and sometimes political significances. As such these works become aids in the understanding of the human situation. There are discussions of poems from East and West. There are poems from Germany, France, England, South America and the United States. There are essays exploring the fundamental approaches to the writing of poetry : the metaphysical, the symbolist, the surrealist, etc. There is, finally, one whole section devoted to the more important poets of the Philippines, the object being to see our poetic accomplishment in the perspective of that from other countries." --page vii.

Fire in the Soul

Fire in the Soul PDF Author: Dinyar Godrej
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1906523169
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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A rousing collection of poems by an international array of poets, mixing well-known poets with up-and-coming talent. In all its forms, poetry has a vitality that reflects well the range of voices involved in the fight for human rights. The work collected here covers issues of equality, freedom of speech, peace, dignity, respect and justice. They are as much about assertiveness and hope as they are about injustice and the outrages that scar human history.

Let It Go

Let It Go PDF Author: T.D. Jakes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.

Philippine Literature

Philippine Literature PDF Author: Pamela R. Castrillo
Publisher:
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Category : Mindanao Island (Philippines)
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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