A Place of Grief and Revolution

A Review of Gina Apostol’s Filipino novel, Insurrecto

When you crack open Gina Apostol’s Insurrecto, there’s an old-timey cast of characters and a listing of parts and chapters set off by florid fonts and curlicues. The reader thinks this will serve to orient her. If I use this key, you think, I will know who the main and minor ...
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A Place of Grief and Revolution

Trump Calls Killing Addicts, “Right Approach”

Philippines President Claims Trump Endorsed His Violent Anti-drug Campaign

Donald Trump’s inviting Rodrigo Duterte to the White House adds to the growing list of victimized, marginalized groups endangered by the incoming administration. Amongst the many targets of his bigoted, xenophobic, racist, ableist, and misogynist assaults, drug addicts, too, may now find a place. The President-elect’s alleged endorsement of the brutal ...
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Trump Calls Killing Addicts, “Right Approach”