Merging works, mastering wordsThese two books could have joined the list of must-have titles I wrote up at yearend, but deliveries were delayed. Intriguingly, some works… were written from the point of view of policemen. These are grouped under five interlocking themes: Mind, Imagination; Language, Poetry; Self, Love, Family; Country, People, Martial Law; God and Death. Filipino writers’ works are wrought from and not written in English, Abad has always contended. / No one comes from language, / the truth is what words dream.

Source: Philippine Star January 23, 2022 19:04 UTC