Wanted: Articles for Anthology of Kinaray-a Writing 2009

Hiraya Media Arts through Datu Lubay Center, Inc. is publishing an anthology of Kinaray-a writing in 2009. Contributions are welcome. Please observe the following guidelines:

1. All articles (poems, stories, essays, drama) must be written in Kinaray-a.
2. Selected articles shall be translated into English by the editor/translator of the issue.
3. Articles must be encoded in Microsoft word or compatible application, without any special lay-out (0nly flush left, single space), and shall be attached to email as document. No RTF please.
4. Include a cover letter stating your interest to be included in the anthology and a short bio-note about you (3-5 sentences only).
5. Email all contributions to datulubay@yahoo.com on or before June 30, 2009.
6. The budget for this publication covers printing only. No royalty shall be given to authors. Contributors shall be paid with two complimentary copies of the book.
7. The individual authors retain the copyright of their own work.
8. By contributing articles, it is assumed that the contributor agrees with these guidelines, and gives permission to Datu Lubay Center, Inc. to publish their work.

Please inform other Kinaray-a writers.

My new book

My latest book UGSAD KANG KINARAY-A (The Rise of Kinaray-a) will be off the press next month. It shall be my second entirely Kinaray-a book, after AGI, AGI MAY PUTAY SA DAHI. This is part of my Kinaray-a for the Karay-a book project, because I believe that for the Karay-a to show his/her emancipation from colonial consciousness he/she must seek and produce knowledge in his/her native tongue.

The cover shows me reciting poetry during the Antique Arts Festival 1999 in Casa Madrangca. Thanks to Hermie Beltran for this beautiful shot, capturing the full moon screened by blossoming madre de cacao trees. And see me a hundred pounds ago. I had reservations about using this picture for the cover (True!), but the portrait of a young poet howling to the full moon his poems is such a romantic and apt metaphor to the struggle of Kinaray-a literature. So, to hell with modesty.

UGSAD KANG KINARAY-A is the Kinaray-a and expanded version of THE RISE OF KINARAY-A published in 2003. The book will be available for orders online at www.bookoto.com. Orders within the Philippines may be made through email at datulubay@yahoo.com.