Mondo Marcos: Writings on Martial Law and the Marcos Babies

by Frank Cimatu (Editor), Rolando B. Tolentino (Editor), Andy Zapata (Photographer)

For the first time ever, some of the best Filipino writers recall, cry, decry, metamorphosize, giant robotize, love and Skylab, imagine, re-imagine, televise,televise, sport dance, odify, audify, analyze, saint patronize, assassinate, colorize (orange), underwater commercialize, monsterize, pornify, necrophilize, shadowbox and guava jam with themselves, their friends, their generation and THE LIFE under President Ferdinand Marcos.

Genres: Anthologies, Poetry, Collections, Nonfiction

198 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Frank Cimatu is a Filipino journalist and author known for his award-winning literary work. He has won the Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award and received recognition from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

Reviews

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I read and reviewed this anthology last year. My review (plus a martial law fiction reading list) can be found here: http://booktrek.blogspot.com/2012/09/...

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"Marcos babies" refer to the generation of Filipinos who were born or came of age during the regime of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Mondo Marcos is an anthology of writings (short stories, essays, poems) about life under that dictatorship.

I read and reviewed this almost 3 years ago. My review at: http://booktrek.blogspot.com/2011/01/...