Deskaril: 5 Stations in Verse

Description

“Deskaril” recalls personal, political and cultural events that shaped young Filipinos who grew up between Metro Manila and their own home town – wherever that may be. The book is 45 pages long and each poem tackles everyday realities like chatting with friends online, posting on social media or cramming one’s body inside a train.

The writer Xenia-Chloe H. Villanueva was born in Manila, spent some time in Melbourne and grew up in Pampanga. She studied Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She works in marketing while blogging about new Kapampangan art in Volcano Diamond Press.