ramblingsoul: Happy Mondays XXIII

Monday, March 03, 2008

Happy Mondays XXIII

readers for tonight's 23rd installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Night as follows:

1. Karl De Mesa
2. Sasha Martinez
3. Adam David
4. Enuh Iglesias
5. Corin Arenas

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6. Marne Kilates
7. Allan Pastrana

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8. Pancho Villanueva
9. Drey Teran
10. Ina Feleo

plus other readers and guests. 8-930pm @ Magnet Cafe Katipunan. Free Admission.
bring your poems for the open mic. thanks and kitakits!

btw, asan na kaya si Rick Astley? akala ko pa naman --

buti pa si sponge bob...

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.