ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XX

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Happy Mondays XX

featured readers for the 20th installment of the bi-monthly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ magnet cafe katipunan are as follows:

1. Allan Pastrana

2. Conchitina Cruz

3. Mark Cayanan

4. Joseph Saguid

5. Gabe Mercado

6. Kash Avena

7. Adam David

8. Marne Kilates

9. Keith Cortez

10. Peachy Paderna

plus other mainstays, fellow writers, and special guests. january 21st, 7-930-pm, free admission. please bring a poem or two if you feel like reading during the open mic. 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.