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Monday, November 30, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: FICTION: COMING HOME

Ambit's Gambit: FICTION: COMING HOME
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Friday, November 27, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: UPDATE; JUAN L. MERCADO, PHILIPPINE JOURNALIST PAR EXCELLENCE, VIEWS MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE IN LIGHT OF ADVENT AND EID UL ADHA

Ambit's Gambit: UPDATE; JUAN L. MERCADO, PHILIPPINE JOURNALIST PAR EXCELLENCE, VIEWS MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE IN LIGHT OF ADVENT AND EID UL ADHA
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Ambit's Gambit: KILLING THE MOCKING BOOK AND ETHNIC ENTITLEMENTS: TWO ISSUES WITH THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD

Ambit's Gambit: KILLING THE MOCKING BOOK AND ETHNIC ENTITLEMENTS: TWO ISSUES WITH THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: MILA D. AGUILAR: FILIPINO PROTEST POET ON THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE

Ambit's Gambit: MILA D. AGUILAR: FILIPINO PROTEST POET ON THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2 (PART 3): The Third Decade of my Exile

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2 (PART 3): The Third Decade of my Exile
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2 (Part 2): WRITING POTBOILERS

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2 (Part 2): WRITING POTBOILERS
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2: (PART 1): HOW I SURVIVED MY EXILE

Ambit's Gambit: TAKING STOCK 2: (PART 1): HOW I SURVIVED MY EXILE
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Ambit's Gambit: A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK; ON "BASURA DAYS"

Ambit's Gambit: A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK; ON "BASURA DAYS"
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ALBERT B. CASUGA
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.
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The Blogger's Books

Summer Suns (short story collection with Cirilo F. Bautista, Manila, UST Press, 1962); Narra Poems and Others (poetry collection, San Beda College Publications, Manila, 1968); Still Points (poetry collection, Flores & Associates, Manila, 1972); In a Sparrow's Time (poetry collection, Infocom, Canada, 1990); Songs For My Children (poetry collection, Infocom, Canada, 1996); The Aesthetics of Literature (Literary Theory and Criticism, De La Salle University, Manila, 1972); Editor: Man in Search of Meaning: Literature (Humanities Series, Asia Foundation & DLSU Textbook Committee, Manila, 1970); Man and His Literary Past: The Classical Tradition (Asia Foundation & DLSU Textbook Committee, Manila, 1971); A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, Manila, 2009). The author's prose and poetry are anthologized in books published in the Philippines, Canada, United States, Australia, and Indonesia.

A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems (Selected Poems, 2009, UST Publishing House)

Songs for my childen and Other Poems (1996, Infocom, Canada)

In a Sparrow's Time (Selected Poems) (1990, Infocom, Canada)

The Aesthetics of Literature (Literary Theory and Criticism) (De La Salle University Publications, 1972, Manila)

Narra Poems and Others (San Beda College Publications, 1968, Manila)

Still Points (Selected Poems) (Flores & Associates, Manila)

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