ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XXXI

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Happy Mondays XXXI

Featured readers for the 31st installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ mag:net cafe Katipunan tomorrow, July 7, are as follows:

1. Conchitina Cruz

2. Joseph Saguid

3. Marie La Viña

4. Angelo Suarez

5. Wincy Ong

6. Rafael San Diego

7. Enuh Iglesias

8. Keith Cortez

9. Denise Sajun

10. Adam David

11. Lawrence Bernabe

12. Lourd De Veyra
13. Kim Andrews

Plus other regular and guest readers. This installment will be hosted by Mikael Co.

WAIT THERE"S MORE!

Los Chupacabras!

Biscochong Halimaw!

Weedisneys!

ADMISSION IS FREE. Reading starts 7:31 pm, music at 10:37 pm.

Look! The clock is ticking! Kitakits! Makiwasak!

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.