SARAP and PALAYOK

Doreen G. Fernandez and Edilberto N. Alegre–the iconic and recurring pair of co-authors, colleagues, and scholars in arms–return with a new edition of their landmark food books, Sarap & Palayok.

Exploding Galaxies rediscovers lost classics of Philippine writing whose revival may illuminate new stories of our time.

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Doreen G. Fernandez & Edilberto N. Alegre

Food

Sarap and Palayok (Clay Slipcase Edition)

Fernandez and Alegre's Sarap and Palayok serves groundbreaking work on Filipino food culture to a new generation

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Erwin E. Castillo

Fiction

The Firewalkers

Castillo’s The Firewalkers revives myth and legend in a stunning novel set in 1913 after the Philippine-American War.

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Linda Ty-Casper

Fiction

The Three-Cornered Sun

Ty-Casper’s The Three-Cornered Sun tells the story of the Philippines on the brink of revolution against Spain in 1896.

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Wilfrido D. Nolledo

Fiction

But for the Lovers

Nolledo's magnum opus challenges the idea of liberation in this historical novel set in Manila, WWII.

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Merch

Tote bag in olive

An everyday tote bag for your books (Olive)

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Lakan Umali

The Three-Cornered Sun: A Challenging, Commanding Exploration of Philippine Revolution

Linda Ty Casper

Writing Historical Novels

Exploding Galaxies and Ateneo de Manila University's Literary and Cultural Studies Program

INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

States of the Filipino Novel: Nolledo's But for the Lovers and the Philippine Contemporary Novel

INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

Filipino author Linda Ty-Casper on life, writing, and remembering

Danny Dalena

INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

Ding Nolledo mula kay Danny Dalena

INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

Reading Guide for Wilfrido D. Nolledo's But For the Lovers

Toni Potenciano

INTERVIEWS & MEDIA

The Three-Cornered Sun: A Character Guide

Issue 6: "Notes from Exile"

Issue 6 of e.g. journal searches for a new world amid desolation. With poems from Charlie S. Veric and artwork by Kitty Taniguchi.

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e.g. Issue 5 with Alvin Yapan, Christian Benitez, and Czar Kristoff J.P.

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Sarap and Palayok: The Doreen G. Fernandez Legacy

Thank you to everyone who celebrated Doreen Fernandez’s 91st birthday with us yesterday at the Ateneo de Manila University for “Sarap and Palayok: The Doreen G. Fernandez Legacy!”

SARAP and PALAYOK

Exploding Galaxies rediscovers lost classics of Philippine writing whose revival may illuminate new stories of our time.

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