Issue 7: City of Literature, Nos. 9-40


Introduction to the Series [From Issue 6] | Ian Rosales Casocot

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

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

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

THE 1940S

Over Dark Mountains to Sands and Coral | Aida Rivera Ford

THE 1950s

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

THE 1960s

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

Summer of 1962 | Cesar Ruiz Aquino

THE 1970s

Silliman in the Seventies | Anthony L. Tan

THE 1980s

Of That Time, Second Person | Timothy R. Montes

THE 1990s

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

The Poets of Dumaguete | Shielfa B. Alojamiento

Issue 4: A Dumaguete Litera-Tour

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

SPOT 1: CAMPANARIO DE DUMAGUETE

Dumaguete in Historical Perspective | T. Valentino Sitoy Jr.

SPOT 2: THE RIZAL MONUMENT AT M.L. QUEZON PARK

Sábado, 1 de Agosto de 1896, Dumaguete [Diary Entry] | Jose Rizal

SPOT 3: PO’S MARKETING ALONG PERDICES STREET

Bombay Bazaar | Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

SPOT 4: BACK TO M.L. QUEZON PARK

Mr. McLure | Edilberto K. Tiempo

SPOT 5: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DUMAGUETE AT THE PRESIDENCIA

Casaroro Falls | Gemino H. Abad [from Issue No. 1]

SPOT 6: THE ARNAIZ ANCESTRAL HOUSE ALONG RIZAL AVENUE

Night of the Rabble-Rousers | Cesar Aljama

SPOT 7: PANTAWAN DOS AT THE RIZAL BOULEVARD

Harbor Home | Myrna Peña-Reyes

SPOT 8: RIZAL BOULEVARD ACACIA

Boulevard Tree | Nerisa del Carmen Guevara

SPOT 9: RIZAL BOULEVARD BENCH

Menandro’s Boulevard | Bobby Flores Villasis [from Issue No. 1]

SPOT 10: HAYAHAY ALONG FLORES AVENUE

Sweet Baby | Justine Megan Yu [from Issue No. 2]

SPOT 11: THE HENRY HOTEL [FORMERLY SOUTH SEA RESORT] ALONG ESCAÑO DRIVE

Dumaguete | Marianne Villanueva [from Issue No. 1]

SPOT 12: THE OLD TIEMPO HOUSE AT THE AMIGO SUBDIVISION

Bonsai | Edith Lopez Tiempo

SPOT 13: IN TRANSIT, ON A DUMAGUETE TRICYCLE

Dumaguete | Diana T. Gamalinda

SPOT 14: OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP REDEMPTORIST CHURCH

The Bells Count in Our Blood | Merlie M. Alunan

SPOT 15: SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PARK ALONG ALDECOA DRIVE

Stories | Cesar Ruiz Aquino

SPOT 16: CHANNON HALL IN SILLIMAN CAMPUS

Excerpt from In My Father’s House | Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

SPOT 17: SILLIMAN CHURCH

Excerpt from Sweet Haven | Lakambini Sitoy

SPOT 18: JO’S CHICKEN INATO ALONG SILLIMAN AVENUE

A Tragedy of Chickens | Ian Rosales Casocot

SPOT 19: CAFE MEMENTO/EL AMIGO ALONG SILLIMAN AVENUE

Geography | Allan Justo Pastrana

SPOT 20: PANTAWAN UNO AT THE RIZAL BOULEVARD

How to Write About Dumaguete | Timothy Montes

SPOT 21. DUMAGUETE PIER

Ritual for Leaving | Marjorie Evasco

Issue 3: The Ties That Bind and Unbind

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

Fiction

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

Creative Non-Fiction

Psalms | Alana Leilani Cabrera-Narciso

Novel Excerpt

Bittersweetland | Raymundo T. Pandan Jr.

Issue 2: The Other Side

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

Fiction

Sweet Baby | Justine Megan Yu
The General | Nicolas Lacson
Multiverse | Francesca 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 Rocamora Vitug
An Appreciation of Cesar Jalandoni Amigo | Ian Rosales Casocot

Issue 1: Home

Introduction | Ian Rosales Casocot

Fiction

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
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

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

Play

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