That Bullet is Alien – the third poem in the section “intergalactic nightmares” from ALIEN TO ANY SKIN (UST Publishing House, Manila 2011). #ceasefirenow #Palestine #ICC #humanrights #Israeliwarcrimes #gaza Donate to GIFT OF THE GIVERS https://www.instagram.com/p/CzyGZ9Du7po/?igshid=ZDBjMWI0ZjMxOQ==
I started sharing on my Instagram account poems from a section of Alien to Any Skin (UST Publishing House, Manila 2011) which deals with war, displacement, land theft, human rights, colonial violence, and related issues.
HERE IS THE LINK to the first post.
This list is a work in progress and will be updated as time allows. The links are all active as of this writing.
Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight (Gaudy Boy, New York 2023)
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Crocodiles in Belfast (Vhakololo Press, Limpopo 2023 & San Anselmo Publications, Manila 2020)
in South Africa
Email Vhakololo Press or contact them on Facebook
in the Philippines
San Anselmo Publications via Facebook
the rest of the world
Amazon Kindle
Bloodred Dragonflies (Deep South, Makhanda 2022)
in South Africa
Clarke’s Bookshop on Long Street, Cape Town
in the Philippines
San Anselmo Publications via Facebook
the rest of the world / online
How to Make a Salagubang Helicopter & other poems (San Anselmo Publications, Manila 2019)
in South Africa
in the Philippines
San Anselmo Publications via Facebook
the rest of the world
The following titles are all from the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. They may be ordered via the UST Publishing House Facebook page or through some Philippine online retailers.
Sanga sa Basang Lupa at iba pang kuwento (2016)
A Thousand Eyes (2015)
Kalmot ng Pusa sa Tagiliran (2013)
Sound Before Water (2013)
Baha-bahagdang Karupukan (2011)
Alien to Any Skin (2011)
The following titles are currently unavailable
Salimbayan (Publikasyong Sipat, Manila 1994)
Beneath an Angry Star (Anvil Publishing, Manila 1992)
Wings of Smoke (The Onslaught Press, Oxford 2017)
I’m never comfortable being interviewed live (as opposed to dead? Haha). But Pippa Hudson made it so much fun for me, I think I ended up rambling, sometimes not even answering what she was asking about (yes, I was nervous, and yes I had written down what I wanted to say – but forgot to look at my notes!).
Anyway, I’ll correct a few things I said like the year I wrote my first poem (about 1985 or 1986)…but I’ll have listen to the recording again to see what else.
The poem I read in the end had a funny voice – my wife didn’t like! Haha.
Matangmanok 