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On Edel Garcellano (1): Philippine Literature and Class War
This is not a lecture note but is a part of a shelved project, a monograph on Edel Garcellano’s criticism which I can’t continue at the moment. I’ll share what I have at hand in the meantime. Edel Garcellano’s practice of literary criticism centers on locating literature as produced in the Philippines on the larger […]
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“Cinema is not made of flesh”: an interview by Mara Valle
Around late November last year, a student by the name Mara Valle (MV) approached me for a written interview for her undergraduate (?) thesis. Her topic has something to do with the films directed by Olivia Lamasan and representation of women in her films. I asked for her permission if I can post it here. […]
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The Years of Permanent Midnight and other unedited essays
Starting today, my first anthology, The Years of Permanent Midnight and other unedited essays will be available for online download via archive.org. https://archive.org/details/TheYearsOfPermanentMidnight The physical copies are mostly self-printed which is why I was only able to release 12 copies of the first printing. Some copies are still available, probably, at Cinema Centenario, along […]
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28 Years Into the End of History
28 years into the end of history, we are experiencing eternal contemporaneity. What the recent times have assured with Mark Fisher’s declaration of the ‘slow cancellation of the future’ is the making-contemporary of what was 5 years ago can be considered as nostalgia. Nostalgia does not exist anymore, 28 years into the end of history. […]