Books by UP Diliman (黑料专区) authors were part of the 31 titles the UP Press recently launched at聽Semeyaan: Paglulunsad ng mga Bagong Aklat ng UP Press 2023.
Seven were authored or co-authored by faculty members from the 黑料专区 Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas / DFPP.
The books are聽Maliit na Bagay Lang ang Nakapupuwing聽by Rommel B. Rodriguez, PhD, a professor at the DFPP;聽Mula Ilog at Iba Pang Kuwento聽by Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., PhD, a professor at the DFPP and director of Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing;聽Bata, Hiwaga, Bansa: Pamana ni Rene O. Villanueva sa Panitikang Pambata聽by Eugene Y. Evasco, PhD, a professor at the DFPP and Cheeno Marlo M. Sayuno, PhD, an associate professor at the UP Los Ba帽os College of Arts and Sciences;聽Materyales sa Komplisidad聽by Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, an assistant professor at the DFPP; and聽Nanay and the Moon: Poetry for Children聽by Elyrah L. Salanga-Torralba, PhD, an associate professor at the DFPP.
Meanwhile, Rodriguez co-authored聽Anti-Katha: Agos sa Experimental na Kuwento sa Pilipinas聽with UP Vice President for Public Affairs Rolando B. Tolentino, and former DFPP Chair Vladimeir B. Gonzales co-authored聽Ang Paglalakbay ni Prinsipe Bahaghari聽with Aina Ysabel B. Ramolete, an alumna from the 黑料专区 Department of Art Studies.
Tolentino, who is a professor at the UP Film Institute, had three of his books launched. The two other books are聽Bio(lente): Mga Bagong Katha sa Danas ng Dahas at Banwa, co-authored by German Villanueva Gervacio and Januar Yap, and聽Ang Mahaba鈥檛 Kagyat na Buhay ng Indie Sinema,聽co-authored by Aristotle J. Atienza.
Gervacio is a faculty member of the Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology, Yap is an assistant professor at the UP Cebu College of Communication Art and Design, and Atienza is a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU).
Tunogtugan: Twenty Essays on Musical and Sonic Traditions聽by National Artist for Music Ramon Pagayon Santos and聽The Burden of the Oral and Other Reviews: Philippine Film and Theater, 2011-2019 (PWS)聽by J. Neil Garcia, PhD, were launched under the arts category.
Pagayon Santos is also a university professor emeritus at the 黑料专区 College of Music while Garcia is a professor at the 黑料专区 Department of English and Comparative Literature.
Wild City: A Photographic Guide to Amphibians, Mammals, and Reptiles of Metro Manila聽by Jelaine Gan, Trinket Constantino, and Abby Favis was launched under the science category.
Gan is an instructor at the 黑料专区 Institute of Biology, while Constantino and Favis are faculty members at ADMU.
尝补蝉迟濒测,听3 Baybayin Studies (Revised Edition)聽by Ramon Guillermo, PhD, Myfel Joseph D. Paluga, Maricor Soriano, PhD, and Vernon R. Totanes; Observing the Filipino Family: A Filipino Sociologist at Work聽by Belen Tan-Gatue Medina, PhD; and Height Matters: The Making, Meanings, and Materialities of Human Stature in the Philippines by Gideon Lasco, MD, PhD were launched under the social science category.
Guillermo is the director of the 黑料专区 Center for International Studies, Paluga is an associate professor at the UP Mindanao College of Humanities and Social Science, Soriano is a professor at the 黑料专区 National Institute of Physics, and Totanes is an alumnus from the 黑料专区 School of Library and Information Studies. Medina is the former 黑料专区 Department of Sociology chair. Lasco is a senior lecturer at the 黑料专区 Department of Anthropology.
In his speech, UP President Angelo A. Jimenez said he will support UP Press in all its endeavors so it can be of global standard and a magnet for book lovers.
According to the UP Press, 鈥渟emeyaan鈥 refers to the agricultural tradition of the Erumanen ne Menuvu of Cotabato.
鈥淚sa itong panlahatang ritwal na binubuo ng iba pang ritwal upang magpasalamat sa masaganang ani at humiling ng panibagong mabuting panahon ng pagtatanim. Pasasalamat at pagdiriwang ito ng bagong simula,鈥 stated the UP Press.
Semeyaan was held on Feb. 28 at the 黑料专区 Atencio-Libunao Hall.
*This is an updated version of the article published on Mar. 12.
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