BOOKS
Voices on the waters : conversations with five Mindanao writers

Publisher: Bughaw,


Title Details
  • Voices on the waters :
Publishers
  • Quezon City :Bughaw,[2018]
Descriptions
  • xlii, 304 pages ;23 cm
Isbn
    9789715508650
Language
    In English.
Subjects
  • Philippine literature (English)
  • Authors, Filipino -- Interviews.
  • Authors, Filipino -- Philippines -- Mindanao Island.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location MAIN
Item Call Number PS 9991 V65 2018
Status Available
Barcode 18746
Library Of Congress Control Number
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9789715508650
Authentication Code
  • Authentication code - lcode
Geographic Area Code
  • Geographic area code - a-ph---
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - PS 9991
  • Item number - V65 2018
Title Statement
  • Title - Voices on the waters :
  • Remainder of title - conversations with five Mindanao writers /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ricardo M. De Ungria, editor.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Quezon City :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Bughaw,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [2018]
Physical Description
  • Extent - xlii, 304 pages ;
  • Dimensions - 23 cm
Content Type
  • Content type term - text
Media Type
  • Media type term - unmediated
Carrier Type
  • Carrier type term - volume
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Anthony L. Tan. Imaginary letter to Edith Tiempo -- The arithmetic of senility -- Pentameters, going on 50 -- Sunset view from a house in Jasaan -- The philosophy of Mahjong -- The cargo -- Mehol K. Sadain. Children in the crossfire --A fire in town -- The sixth poem on Jolo -- Epilogue to Jolo exodus -- Old father -- The river below -- Said K. Sadain Jr. Pages -- Babel rising -- Abdul, on the eve of an ambush -- Trilogy of very short stories -- Arrivals -- Mt. Tumantangis -- The whale sharks of Oslob -- The waves of Sulu -- That we may remember -- Lina Sagaral Reyes. What are they like?/They of Sanchez Mira -- The mysteries of a murder at high noon -- The many uses of the banana leaves -- Ichthys -- Tree without leaves -- About the princess -- A brave new school without walls -- A hundred thousand coffee seedlings for just change -- "Our girls are the real gold" -- Kristine Ong. Genesis -- Equations of state -- Everything that rises -- Self-portrait as a broken home -- The spider -- Sphinx embedded in the sand -- Bathyscape -- Prototype of a dream machine -- Rapid transit -- Resurrection of a pin doll -- Why the doll won't stop spinning -- The oil spill -- The village of fog.
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "Voices on the Waters continues the project of mapping the contemporary literary terrain in southern Philippines. The first was Habagatanon (2015), which won the National Book Award in 2016 and featured six writers from Davao City. In this volume, Ricardo M. de Ungria turns to the other book authors in Mindanao and interviews an initial five of them regarding their lives and literary practices: Anthony L. Tan, Mehol K. Sadain, Said K. Sadain Jr., Lina Sagaral Reyes, and Kristine Ong Muslim. The book also samples the writers' works referred to in their talks..."
Language Note
  • Language note - In English.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Philippine literature (English)
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Authors, Filipino
  • Form subdivision - Interviews.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Authors, Filipino
  • Geographic subdivision - Mindanao Island.
Personal Name
  • Personal name - De Ungria, Ricardo M.,
  • Relator term - editor.