Tag: nonfiction

Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer: Stories as Medicine for the Soul

They say those who laugh hardest are those who have tasted more of life’s bitterness. It’s as if, having known shadow, they revel in the light all the more.  The same could be said for the author of “Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer.”  Wilfredo Liangco is an oncologist (in layman’s terms, a cancer doctor), one… Read More Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer: Stories as Medicine for the Soul

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A View From The Ground: An Intimate Look at Filipino Reality

Few books have forewords that embrace its reader in an emotional chokehold, already sniffing through a mist of tears. This is such a book. Veteran journalist Atom Araullo introduces his powerful collection of eight articles and accompanying photos as “stories that don’t shout, but linger.” These are long-term issues from all over the Philippines and… Read More A View From The Ground: An Intimate Look at Filipino Reality

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