University of the Philippines Press

06/02/2025

Ang pagsulat ng katha hinggil sa pandemya ay hindi lamang pag-angkin ng manunulat sa sariling danas, kundi isang akto ng pag-akda para sa higit na nakararami. Ang pagkatha ay pagbuo at pagwasak ng danas ng sarili at ng iba. Inaako ito ng manunulat para sa mas malawak na pagsasamundo ng sarili at ng mayoryang mamamayan, na katulad niya ay nasa gilid lamang ng sentro ng kapangyarihan, nasa kalabisan, at biktima ng mga gahaman. Wala siyang magagawa kundi ang maghintay, magpalipas ng oras, at sa manaka-naka, ipagpatuloy ang pagsulat, paglaban, at paninindigan.

Ang antolohiyang ito—na tungkol sa kani-kaniyang karanasan sa panahon ng pandemya—ay naglalatag ng tugon ng komunidad ng mga manunulat na hindi naging mabuti ang mga bagay-bagay, na lalong pinaigting ng labis na kapabayaan at oportunidad para sa higit pang pangungurakot at pandarambong ng mga dapat ay namamahala sa kabuhayan at kaligtasan ng lahat. Ito ay kolektibong pagtutol at paglatag ng pusta sa hinaharap na mga henerasyon. Ito ay isang malikhain at kritikal na tala at tugon ng mga manunulat na nakaranas, nagdusa, at nakaraos sa masalimuot na kondisyon ng buhay at pamamahala ng pandemya sa Pilipinas.

©2024

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05/02/2025

A yet-unnamed girl walks through streets steeped in unheard histories. Traveling to the city alone to inform his father of his sister’s birth, a ten-year-old boy confronts injustice for the first time. A teenage girl makes a life-and-death decision for her delinquent brother. The father of a girl who survived the raging floods notices her unusual treatment of her prized rag doll. An unknown perpetrator threatens to release a local beauty queen’s nudes. The girl, now with a name, is recruited into an infamous white man’s home in a secluded old subdivision. In these ten stories, the so-called City of Golden Friendship is a space of progress and bliss tempered by decay and self-destruction.

Set at a time in the city’s history that will soon be known as pre-metropolitan, this short story cycle follows characters arriving or escaping into a migrant city peopled with hopeful settlers and souls harboring private terrors, amplified by their desire to be loved or to belong within a culture in constant waiting for the next fall from grace. At times bleak but at all turns grounded and vivid, The Fireline: Stories from Cagayan de Oro is an ode to a city ever in flux.

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05/02/2025

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 to our author, Sir Jimmy Abad! 🎂

Gémino H. Abad, University Professor emeritus of literature and creative writing, is a poet, fictionist, and literary critic and historian with various honors and awards. In 2009, he received Italy’s Premio Feronia (“Foreign author category”) for his poetry, later published as a bilingual edition, Dove le parole non si spezzano (Roma: Edizioni Ensemble, 2015; a cura di Gëzim Hajdari, traduzione di Andrea Gazzoni). When Bridges Are Down, Mountains Too Far (2020) is his eleventh poetry collection, and Past Mountain Dreaming (2010), his ninth of critical essays; he has two collections of short stories, Orion’s Belt (1996) and A Makeshift Sun (2001). He is known also for his anthology series of Filipino poetry in English from 1905 to the 1990s: Man of Earth (co-ed., Edna Zapanta Manlapaz; 1989), A Native Clearing (1993), A Habit of Shores (1999), and its two-volume sequel, The Achieve of, the Mastery (co-ed., Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta, 2018); and his six-volume anthology of Filipino short stories in English from 1956 to 2008: Upon Our Own Ground (2008), Underground Spirit (2010), and Hoard of Thunder (2012). He obtained his PhD in English at the University of Chicago in 1970, and continues to teach at University of the Philippines where he has served as Secretary of the University, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, and Director of the UP Creative Writing Center (now an Institute).

04/02/2025

Our author, Benedict ‘Ned’ Parfan, recently visited the UP Press bookstore, where he proudly held his newly released poetry collection, 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. Don’t miss the chance to read through and experience his thought-provoking verses—grab your copy today.

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03/02/2025

The attention to the malleable shapes of the lyric sequence—which began in his first two books—persists prominently in Ned Parfan’s third volume of poetry. Consisting entirely of four chapbook-length sequences, Beloved Antimatter features a procedural homage to two poets, an apostrophe on biological frustrations around the desire to have a child, a disembodied lover’s voice hurtling between the present and the fictional realm of Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, and a lyric narrative on nonexclusive polyamory. Parfan’s latest work offers longtime and new readers a variety of coherences, fragmentations, personae, formal compulsions, and thematic obsessions.

©2024

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24/01/2025

24/01/2025

NOTICE: Please be informed that all UP Diliman online services are currently inaccessible at the moment due to an issue with the .edu.ph domain. This affects all educational institutions in the country that uses the .edu.ph domain. We are still waiting for updates from PHNet (the domain handler for .edu.ph) for their resolution on the matter.

UP Diliman

22/01/2025

Francisco Nemenzo’s Notes from the Philippine Underground
Book launch event
08 February 2025, Saturday
2:00 - 6:00 pm
UP Vargas Museum, 1/F Lobby Gallery
Register to join, bit.ly/UPVMNemenzoBookLaunch.

The UP Third World Studies Center (UP Twsc), the UP Department of Political Science, and the Program on Alternative Development of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies, in collaboration with the UP Vargas Museum, present the launch of “Notes from the Philippine Underground,” a collection of selected writings by Francisco "Dodong" Nemenzo, published by the University of the Philippines Press. The event will take place on Saturday, 08 February 2025, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the UP Vargas Museum.

This event is free and open to the public. Join us as we commemorate the life, work, and legacy of Dodong Nemenzo.

Register to join, bit.ly/UPVMNemenzoBookLaunch. For inquiries, email us at
[email protected].

About the author:

Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo (1935-2024) was a distinguished political scientist and Marxist scholar who served as the 18th President of the University of the Philippines from 1999 to 2005. He was Professor Emeritus of political science, UP Faculty Regent, Chancellor of UP Visayas, and Dean of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Sciences. He received his B.A. and M.A. in public administration from UP in 1957 and 1959, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1965.

He has published three books, The Philippines after Marcos (1985), The Sovereign Quest: Freedom from Foreign Military Bases (1988), and UP into the 21st Century and Other Essays (2000), and has contributed articles to local and international journals on Philippine society and politics, revolutionary movements, and international affairs.

Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo (1935-2024) was a distinguished political scientist and Marxist scholar who served as the 18th President of the University of the Philippines from 1999 to 2005. He was Professor Emeritus of political science, UP Faculty Regent, Chancellor of UP Visayas, and Dean of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Sciences. He received his B.A. and M.A. in public administration from UP in 1957 and 1959, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1965.

22/01/2025

7 weeks to go! The countdown is on for the Philippine Book Festival! Handa ka na ba?

22/01/2025

Isang makasaysayang 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 ang pambungad namin ngayong 2025.

Malugod kayong iniimbitahan ng Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books na samahan kami sa isang makabuluhang usapan sa nobelang (𝗛)𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿(𝗮) ng premyadong manunulat na si Vim Nadera.

Si Jaffy Fajardo ang ating moderator para sa Book Talakayan na 'to na magaganap sa:

📅 Enero 25, 2025 | Sabado

🕑 1:00 - 4:00 ng hapon

📍 Quezon City Public Library

Libre at bukas sa publiko ang event na 'to, kaya inaasahan namin ang inyong pagdalo.

Kitakits mga ka-PRPB!

19/01/2025

𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓚𝓪𝓪𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓷 sa aming awtor, Prop. Vim Nadera!🎂

Si 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓾𝓮𝓵 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓸 𝓓. 𝓝𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓪 𝓙𝓻. ay propesor sa University of the Philippines at fellow ng Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing na pinaglingkuran niya bilang Director noong 2003 hanggang 2008—habang siya rin ay Tagapangulo ng Unyong ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) at kasapi ng National Committee on Literary Arts ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Kolumnista sa Manila Bulletin (2008), Rappler (2014), Diyaryo Filipino (2016), at Hataw
(2019), siya ay isa sa mga manunulat para sa Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Encyclopedia of Philippine Arts.

Kinatawan ng Filipinas sa China (2014, 2015, 2016), South Korea (2014), India (2017), Taiwan (2017), Vietnam (2017), at Singapore (2018), si Vim ay bumuo ng delegasyon ng kabataang Filipino para sa iba’t ibang pista ng sining at kultura. Ang kaniyang papel na “Balagtasan Beyond Balagtas, Debate Poetry, A Filipino Tradition” ay inilathala ng Southeast Asian Review of English (University of Malaya, Tomo 56, Isyu 1, 2019). Bahagi siya ng “Ang Pagbabaliktanaw sa Unang Hari ng Balagtasan” mula CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute (2018) hanggang sa Batangas (2019), Bulacan (2019), at Palawan (2020).

Mula pa noong May 13, 2020, si Vim ang host ng Kundiman, Kuwentuhan, Katuwaan ng Performatibo Manila.

15/01/2025

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 to our author, Professor Emeritus Jose "Butch" Dalisay Jr. 🎂

Sir Butch has published more than 40 books of fiction and nonfiction, with seven of those winning the National Book Award from the Manila Critics Circle. A Palanca Hall of Fame and TOYM awardee for creative writing, he teaches English at the University of the Philippines. He writes a weekly opinion column, Qwertyman, and a monthly lifestyle column, Penman, for the Philippine Star.

His latest title with the UP Press is 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣), which you may purchase using the following links:

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10/01/2025

𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓚𝓪𝓪𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓷, Prop. Vladimeir B. Gonzales, Ph.D 🎂

Si Dr. Gonzales ay propesor sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, kung saan siya nagtuturo ng malikhaing pagsulat, panitikan, at kulturang popular. Nakapaglimbag siya ng dalawang libro sa Milflores Publishing House—Isang Napakalaking Kaastigan at A-side/B-side: Ang mga Piso sa Jukebox ng Buhay Mo. Inilimbag naman ng University of the Philippines Press ang kaniyang mga librong Lab: Mga Adaptasyon at Iba Pang Laro para sa mga Klaseng Panlaboratoryo (2018), Mga Tala ng Isang Superfan: Fan Poetry at Fan Fiction (2019), Sa Kanto ng Makabud at Mangga, May Eskuwela (2020), Liwanag at Itim (Antolohiya ng mga Malikhaing Akda na Alay sa Alaala ni Teresita G. Maceda) (2022), at Ang Paglalakbay ni Prinsipe Bahaghari (2023). Si Dr. Gonzales ay kasalukuyang direktor ng Likhaan: University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing.

30/12/2024

It was another good year for Philippine literature. https://bit.ly/4fw0t6M

30/12/2024

30/12/2024

Ginugunita ngayon ang ika-128 araw ng kabayanihan ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal, pambansang bayani at simbolo ng pagtataguyod ng diwang-makabansa. 🇵🇭

21/12/2024

Season’s Greetings from the University of the Philippines Press!

As the year comes to a close, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our valued customers, clients, distributors, and readers for your unwavering support.

Your commitment to knowledge and creativity fuels our goal to champion the works of Filipino authors, researchers, and creatives. Together, we have turned pages, explored ideas, and hopefully, enriched lives.

May this holiday season bring you joy, peace, and inspiration. We look forward to continuing this journey with you in 2025.

Warmest wishes for a meaningful holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

Sincerely,
Team UP Press

21/12/2024

📢ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴠᴀʟᴜᴇᴅ ᴄᴜꜱᴛᴏᴍᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟɪᴇɴᴛꜱ:

Please be advised that the UP Press bookstore and online stores will be 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 for the holidays and will reopen on January 6, 2025.

Thank you!