Archive

The archive is listed by issues, in reverse chronological order.

Issue 7: City of Literature, Nos. 9-40 [February-December 2025]

On “The Axolotl Colony” | A Short Story by Jaime An Lim

On “The Search for Negrense Writers” | An Essay by Robert Bragg and Mari Acabal-Bragg

On “Chasing the Jealous Mistress” | A Short Story by Jose Riodil Montebon

On the Valentine Songwriting Competition

On “The Little Wars of Filemon Sayre” | A Short Story by Lemuel Torrevillas

On “Falling Out” | A Poem by Alfred Yuson

On Ang Kabakhawan Gabantay Sa Atong Banay | A Children’s Book by Eva Rose Washburn-Repollo

On A Little Book of Wang Wei | Poetry in Translation by Albert Faurot

On “Ang Aton Manunulat kag Ila Sinulatan” | An Essay by Lorenzo Fajardo Dilag

On “‘Day, Baling Mingawa” | A Folk Song Collected by Priscilla Magdamo

On Education in Philippine Society | A Book by Vicente G. Sinco

On “Bonsai” | A Poem by Edith Lopez-Tiempo

On “Catalina of Dumaguete” | A Folk Tale

On Nick Joaquin in Dumaguete

On “The Electorate Weighs In” | A Poem by F. Jordan Carnice

On “Dumaguete in Historical Perspective” | An Essay by T. Valentino Sitoy Jr.

On “Philosophy is Learning to Live with Others: A Definition for Our Times” | A Poem by Claro Ceniza

On “Bringing the Dolls” | A Poem by Merlie M. Alunan

On Humanized | Graphic Art by Dyck Cediño

On Literary Criticism in the Philippines and Other Essays | A Book by Edilberto K. Tiempo

On The History of Negros Oriental | Books by Caridad Aldecoa-Rodriguez

On Pandesal Boy | A Video Game by Khail Campos Santia

On “Dumaguete, Mon Amour” | An Essay by Kerima Polotan

On Nita | A Novel by Salvador Abcede

On “Testament in Mid-Passage” | A Poem by Rodrigo Feria

On “Ritual for Leaving” | A Poem by Marjorie Evasco

On Tears of the Forgotten | A Novel by Stefan Andre Solon

On Residents of the Deep | A Short Story Collection by Marianne Villanueva

On “Ethnic at Checkout Counter” and “At Camp Lookout” | Poems by Myrna Peña-Reyes

On “We All Must Work, Fight, or Starve” | An Essay by Justin Jose Bulado

On Of Love and Special Things | A Romance Collection by Georgette Gonzales


Issue 6: City of Literature, Nos. 1-8 [November 2024-January 2025]

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

On “La Muerte de la Luz” | A Poem by Lyde Sison Villanueva

On Z for Short | A Novel by Cesar Ruiz Aquino

On “Filipina Nude in Quarantine” | A Poem by Grace Monte de Ramos

On Alkanseng Alkansiya | A Play by Earnest Hope Tinambacan

On “Poet in Mid-Career” | A Poem by Artemio Tadena

On “Pamalandong ni Antigo Mokayat” | A Sugilanon by Michael Aaron Gomez

On “A Deer for Jesus” | A Short Story by Lugum Uka

On “Year End” | A Poem by Simon Anton Diego Baena


Issue 5: Silliman Literary Memories [August-September 2024]

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

Essays

Over Dark Mountains to Sands and Coral | Aida Rivera Ford

Las Vegas de la Memoria | Graciano H. Arinday Jr.

Yesterday, Summertime, When the Writing Was Easy | Myrna Peña-Reyes

Summer of 1962 | Cesar Ruiz Aquino

Silliman in the Seventies | Anthony L. Tan

Of That Time, Second Person | Timothy R. Montes

Surviving Silliman, Sands, and Sawi: A Happy Memoir | Anne-Marie Jennifer Eligio

The Poets of Dumaguete | Shelfa B. Alojamiento


Issue 4: A Dumaguete Litera-Tour [April-May 2023]

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

History

Dumaguete in Historical Perspective | T. Valentino Sitoy Jr.

Diary/Letters

Sábado, 1 de Agosto de 1896, Dumaguete | Jose Rizal

Essays/Creative Nonfiction

Bombay Bazaar | Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas
How to Write About Dumaguete | Timothy R. Montes

Short Story

Mr. McLure | Edilberto K. Tiempo
Stories | Cesar Ruiz Aquino
A Tragedy of Chickens | Ian Rosales Casocot

Poetry

Night of the Rabble-Rousers | Cesar Aljama
Harbor Home | Myrna Peña-Reyes
Boulevard Tree | Nerisa del Carmen Guevara
Bonsai | Edith Lopez Tiempo
Dumaguete | Diana T. Gamalinda
The Bells Count in Our Blood | Merlie M. Alunan
Geography | Allan Justo Pastrana
Ritual for Leaving | Marjorie Evasco

Drama Excerpt

In My Father’s House | Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

Novel Excerpt

Sweet Haven | Lakambini Sitoy


Issue 3: The Ties That Bind and Unbind [January-February 2023]

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

Poetry

Two Poems | F. Jordan Carnice
Kay Tuman ka Gabok sang Lawas—Tatlo ka Binalaybay | Jhion Jan Navarro
Orison | Simon Anton Diego Baena
Bright Lights on the Water’s Surface | Junelie Anthony Velonta

Short Story

Ceferina in Apartment 2G | Ian Rosales Casocot
After This, Our Exile | Elsa Martinez Coscolluela
Bottle Full of Smoke | Jose V. Montebon Jr.

Children’s Fiction

The Moon has Many Shapes | Albertha Lachmi Obut

Essay/Creative Nonfiction

Psalms | Alana Leilani Cabrera-Narciso

Novel Excerpt

Bittersweetland | Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.


Issue 2: The Other Side [September-October 2022]

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

Short Story

Sweet Baby | Justine Megan Yu
The General | Nicolas Lacson
Multiverse | Frankie Flores
Rain Without Meaning | Cesar Jalandoni Amigo

Poetry

Two Poems | Cesar Ruiz Aquino
King of Comedy | Hezron Pios
New Key | Lyde Sison Villanueva

Essay

Irog-Irog: Making Space for Contributions and Critique of the Tiempos and the Silliman Workshop | Niccolo Vitug
An Appreciation of Cesar Jalandoni Amigo | Ian Rosales Casocot


Issue 1: Home [July-August 2022]

Introduction  | Ian Rosales Casocot

Short Story

Snake Twin | Edilberto Tiempo
Good Husbands and Obedient Wives | Rosario Cruz Lucero
The Black Monkey | Edith Lopez Tiempo
Menandro’s Boulevard | Bobby Flores Villasis
Dumaguete | Marianne Villanueva
Justo and My Father’s Car | Vicente Garcia Groyon
Valencia Drive | Ernesto Superal Yee
The Fruit of the Vine | Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

Poetry

Panay kang Negros | Augurio M. Abeto
Cuernos de Negros | Elsa Martinez Coscolluela
At Camp Lookout | Myrna Peña-Reyes
To a Tree Near a Boulevard | Anthony Tan
Casaroro Falls | Gémino H. Abad

Essay/Creative Nonfiction

A Field Guide to Burning the Town Red | Ian Rosales Casocot

Drama Excerpt

Excerpt from Tirador ng Tinago: The Arturo Peligroso Story | Michael Aaron Gomez