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This is my website—the repository of all my works and thoughts to share publicly. Since I am a bilingual writer, this website is in Filipino and English. It will also include earlier works such as my books, plays, published essays, and short stories.

This site holds my works as a playwright, short story writer, essayist, and novelist. I am also a cultural worker and human rights activist. Additionally, I research nationalist tensions and ethnic conflicts in Southeast Asia and the relationships between nationalism, literary production, human rights, and textual production and reproduction.

I was an international fellow of the Asian Cultural Council (Rockefeller Foundation, New York) in 2016. I researched the theatre of marginalised communities, stateless peoples, and the narratives of resistance in mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia. In 2018, I was a Chevening scholar. I pursued my postgraduate studies on Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict at the Department of Politics, Birkbeck, the University of London. I founded ATISA, a theatre company based in Manila, and the Balangiga Press, an independent publishing house in the Philippines.

I am pursuing my MPhil/PhD in English and Humanities at the School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London. I worked as a Project Manager for Kanlungan Filipino Consortium. I also co-chaired the Status Now 4 All Network. This network is a coalition of migrant organisations, community groups, and labour unions. It asks for the regularisation of all undocumented migrants and those in the legal process living in the UK today. I also volunteered for Campaigns for Human Rights in the Philippines—UK.

I am currently living and writing in exile in London, England.

This page is bilingual: in Filipino and English.

*The photo on this page was taken by Rio Otara at the London Centre for Books Arts in 2019. I delivered a presentation on independent publishing and writing in the Philippines and the Balangiga Press. The invitation was from the London-based artist collective Daikon.

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-2177

Fiction

This section will showcase my published stories, novels, and sketches. I am a bilingual author who writes in English and Filipino. Most of my works were published initially in Filipino, and some are now being translated into English.

Theatre

All my endeavours as a playwright. This will be the repository of all my works in theatre since I started writing for the stage in 2003.

Community Works

Beyond writing, I also have activities for my communities. We are now doing some volunteer work for migration and human rights organisations in London.

Research Works

My academic research and interests cover a few topics. They include nationalism, ethnic conflict, resistance, and radical theatres in Southeast Asia. They also encompass narratology, critical theory, Marxism, and literary criticism.

Polemics

Op-ed columns in the past will be published here for my own archive. Occasionally, I will write new essays, commentaries, and reviews.

Personal Blogs

I have activities, thoughts, and personal experiences to share with the reading public. I mainly review the places I visit and the restaurants that interest me. I also create story sketches and explore bits of ideas for larger works.

Activism

We campaign for human rights in the Philippines. We stand against neoliberal attacks on education and essential services. We advocate for migrants’ rights and welfare. We oppose imperialism.