Jolography

by Paolo Manalo

This collection of poetry is a testament to the fluidity and importance of language. The poet mixes Filipino expressions with his English poems, satirizing the way Filipinos garble the two languages and view such deviations from the standard.
--Jose Miguel Arguelles, CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art

Genres: Poetry

91 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Filipino poet who teaches at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines-Diliman. Author of poetry collections Happily Ever Ek-ek (2019) and Jolography Retconned (2020), and the poetry pamphlets E is for Epal (2018) and Posthumous (2024). For a time he served as the literary editor of the Philippines Free Press.

Reviews

[Mark Dimaisip · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most pivotal if not the most pivotal points in Philippine poetry, Paolo Manalo did not just translate or transliterate words, he enunciated, in perfect pitch, the limitations and potential of navigating between and against two languages. Poetry is also about destroying the language, and the point of that destruction is to reveal. And he sure did great in this department.

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[SOPHIA TAGALICUD · Rating 5 out of 5]

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