About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Alejandro Melchor, Alexander Flor, Alex Brillantes Jr., Alfredo Juinio, Antonio Abad, Bienvenido Lumbera, Clarita Carlos, David Reagan, Flaudette May V. Datuin, Francis Jardeleza, H. Otley Beyer, James Alexander Robertson, Josefina Constantino, Jose Dalisay, Jr., Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Karina Constantino-David, Leoncio P. Deriada, Leonor Briones, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, Lucio D. San Pedro, Mariano Yogore, Marvic Leonen, Nicanor Tiongson, Nora C. Quebral, Onofre Corpuz, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Soledad Reyes, Susan Fernandez, Syl Cheney-Coker, Temario Rivera, Virgilio Enriquez, Virgilio S. Almario, Winnie Monsod. Excerpt: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction and screenplay, including 16 Palanca Awards. Dalisay was born in Romblon in 1954. He completed his primary education at La Salle Green Hills, Philippines in 1966 and his secondary education at the Philippine Science High School in 1970. He dropped out of college to work as a journalist after a period of imprisonment when Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. After his release as a political detainee, he also wrote scripts mostly for Lino Brocka, the National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film. Dalisay returned to school and earned his B.A. English degree, cum laude from the University of the Philippines in 1984. He later received an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1991 as a Fulbright scholar. Dalisay has authored more than 20 books since 1984. Six of those books have garnered National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle. In 1998, Dalisay made it to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Centennial Honors List as one of the 100 most accomplished Filipino artists of the past century. Among his numerous books are Oldtimer and Other Stories (Asphodel, 1984; U.P. Press, 2003); Sarcophagus and Other Stories (U.P. Press, 1992); Killing Time in a Warm Place (Anvil, 1992); Madilim ang Gabi sa Laot at Iba Pang mga Dula ng Ligaw na Pag-Ibig (U.P. Press, 1993); Penmanship and Other Stories (Cacho, 1995); The Island (Ayala Foundation, 1996); Pagsabog ng Liwanag/Aninag, Anino (U.P. Press, 1996); Mac Malicsi, TNT/Ang Butihing Babae ng Timog (U.P. Press, 1997); The Lavas: A Filipino Family (Anvil, 1999); The Best of Barfly (Anvil, 1997); The Filipino Flag (Inquirer Publications, 2004); Man Overboard (Milflores, 2005); Journeys with Light: The Vision of Jaime Zobel (Ayala Foundation, 2005); Selected Storie
