Cherie Gil reads to the students of Legarda Elementary School a poem from Jose Garcia Villa's book Doveglion. She said one of her favorite Villa poems is "First, A Poem Must Be Magical." First, a poem ...

Last year, Freeway successfully paid tribute to two National Artists by featuring the works of Nick Joaquin and the paintings and sketches of Ang Kiukok through its limited edition fashion collection.

The birthday of the late National Artist for Literature, Jose Garcia Villa, falls on Aug. 5 and it’s a good a time as any to talk about his legacy. Penguin Classics published his Doveglion: Collected ...

Today, Aug. 5, is the 106th birth anniversary of the poet, fictionist, and National Artist for Literature Jose Garcia Villa. Born in Singalong, Manila, in 1908, Villa introduced the reversed ...

The E. E. Cummings Society and its Journal, SPRING were established in New York City in 1980 by David V. Forrest, a psychiatrist, and Richard S. Kennedy and Norman Friedman, both English professors.

THE gold, the wild-beast fires begin again upon the fruit-boughs Running from branch to branch, and our gold veins Catch fire. In the caverns where our blood begins Sound the ancestral voices That are ...

Today, Aug. 5, is the 107th birth anniversary of National Artist for Literature Jose Garcia Villa. Born in 1908 in Singalong, Manila, he is considered one of the finest poets in the world, regardless ...