ramblingsoul: HAPPY MONDAYS LXXXII

Monday, July 19, 2010

HAPPY MONDAYS LXXXII

featured readers for the 82nd installment of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights, TONIGHT, July 19 @ mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Rafael San Diego
2. Jacob Dominguez
3. Melay Lapena
4. Banks Juani
5. Sue Prado
6. Dax Cutab
7. Allan Pormento
8. Las Bungangeras
9. Paul Lee
10. Sasha Martinez
11. Mikael Co
12. Keith Cortez
13. Pancho Alvarez
14. Corin Arenas
15. Dave Buenviaje
16. Andrea Duerme
17. Wincy Ong
18. Asterio Gutierrez
19. Petra Magno
20. Drey Teran
21. Keith Cortez
22. Andrew Obejas
23. Gian Lao
24. Yol Jamendang
25. Glenn Atanacio
26. Cholo Goitia
27. Petra Magno
28. Wincy Ong

plus other special guests and regular readers.

*Happy Mondays' readings kick off promptly at 8:00pm. an Open Mic session will commence @ 930 up to 10pm.

For those interested in reading during the open mic, we will leave a sign-up sheet with Rogel or Jhennie at the bar of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

Guest performers GONZO ARMY, JEFF PAGADUAN, JOHNOY DANAO, and DIWA DE LEON will be performing during and after the readings.

FREE ADMISSION the whole evening. Kitakits po tayo. :)

*photo courtesy of www.kick-joneses.de/texte.htm

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.