ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XXVII

Monday, May 05, 2008

Happy Mondays XXVII

Featured readers for tonight's 27th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights reading series at mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Naya Valdellon
2. Adam David
3. Waps San Diego
4. Eric Melendez
5. Pancho Villanueva
6. Kash Avena
7. Sasha Martinez
8. Mikael Co
9. Krip Yuson
10. Khavn Dela Cruz vs. Tengal Drilon

plus performances by Khavn and Friends and up and coming band Dreadspot.

Admission is Free. Readings begin at 730; performances run up to midnight. See you!

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.