ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XV + Los Chupacabras

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Happy Mondays XV + Los Chupacabras

Featured readers for the 15th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ Mag:Net Katipunan tomorrow are:

1. Marjorie Evasco
2. Marne Kilates
3. Emong De Borja
4. Lourd De Veyra
5. Eric Melendez
6. Pancho Villanueva
7. Peachy Paderna
8. Waps San Diego

Also joining us are Krip Yuson, Jimmy Abad, Kash Avena, Kristian Abe Dalao, and Mikael Co. Reading runs from 7pm to 930pm. Immediately following is the Los Chupacabras gig. Please stay after the reading, guys and support us. Entrance is just P100. Pramis, you'll be famous. :) Kitakits!

About Joel

Joel M. Toledo holds a Masters degree in English Studies (Poetry) from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he likewise finished two undergraduate degrees (Journalism and Creative Writing). He has authored three books of poetry – Chiaroscuro (UST Press, 2008), The Long Lost Startle (UP Press, 2009), and Ruins and Reconstructions (Anvil Publishing, 2011). Chiaroscuro was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Awards. Toledo was the recipient of the 2006 NCCA Literary Prize, and has won several literary awards for his poetry in English, including two Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, The Philippines Free Press Literary Award, The Meritage Press Poetry Prize in San Francisco, USA, and the Bridport Prize for Poetry in Dorset, United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Creative Arts Residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy in March 2011 and was the Philippine representative for the 2011 International Writers Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, USA. Toledo is the current Literary Editor of the Philippines Free Press. He teaches Literature at Miriam College.