ramblingsoul: Laki Sa Layaw, Bayaw!

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Laki Sa Layaw, Bayaw!

A photo essay of the various bayaws linked to the blog and/or looked up to by the Bayaw Collective. Hehe.

starry starry Vincent "King" Bayaw

Wengster Bayaw

Darkman Bayaw

Gothic Bayaw

Sleepy Bayaw

Charlson Marcos Hawthorne Bayaw

Dada Bayaw

Magic Al Bayaw w/ Mascot Bayaw

The Architist Bayaw

Pinikpikan Bayaw

Troll Bayaw

Fine Young Vayaws

At syempre...

Bayaw Lokal Boys (Anonas Chapter)

Wasak!!!

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.