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TED BERNAL GUEVARA introduces his new collection of poetry, Bahay Kubo, out November 11th. It is his cachet to the Philippines deemed deep and bright of humble beginnings.

Mr. Guevara resides in South Carolina, where he is a freelance writer. He is the author of three James Dean conceptual novels: Days of Slint, Lips of a Mastodon, and Asphalt & Water. His first novel, A Circle with Two Corners, won praises from Midwest reviews, including one from The Sentinel. The crime-romance novel, True Feel, is in its Second Edition.

Ted has published five other volumes of poetry, Films, Birds on Elephant, Tonto and Destinata, Snake Invite, and the 2020 collection, Nice.

Although he delves into an array of themes, always looking for the unusual and the ed ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 2,985 ratings · 99 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lips of a Mastodon 3.57 avg rating — 2,866 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Feel 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Design a Threshold 4.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonto & Destinata 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asphalt & Water really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	nice it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds on Elephant 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days of Slint 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Films 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Circle With Two Corners it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nice, collection of poems.

Due out Apri 2021. 55-piece set. At this point, strange as it may sound, I am improving the plot...in a book of poems.

What? Come again?

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Ted Guevara rated a book it was amazing Sadness of the Apex Predator by Dion O'Reilly (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a male reviewer, I am still leveled by the craving for love a daughter has for an abusive mother and wanting that love even more. I am careful here. The voice in these poems could only utilize what is most burdensome, adhering to bare-skin honesty ...more
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José Enrique Medina’s voice is equally melodic with his poetry. I was fortunate enough to hear him read half a dozen poems from Haunt Me. There is a welcome mystique and mystery in the chapbook. The frequent visits of his grandmother, “abuela," in th ...more
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Rae Armantrout, above her prestigious award-pocked career, shimmers fresh and alive in Finalists. I’ve read her for some fifteen years, in publications such as The New Yorker and Poets.org. Finalists continues my earnest. When I laureled her on my Fac ...more
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José Enrique Medina’s voice is equally melodic with his poetry. I was fortunate enough to hear him read half a dozen poems from Haunt Me. There is a welcome mystique and mystery in the chapbook. The frequent visits of his grandmother, “abuela," in th ...more
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As a male reviewer, I am still leveled by the craving for love a daughter has for an abusive mother and wanting that love even more. I am careful here. The voice in these poems could only utilize what is most burdensome, adhering to bare-skin honesty ...more
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