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This book celebrates over five decades of artistry by Patis Tesoro, the Grand Dame of Filipino Fashion, whose life’s work has redefined and revitalized the meaning of Filipiniana. Through photographs,...

Paunang Salita is a collection of essays by National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera. The book originated from the idea of Lumbera’s former students, Perfecto T. Martin and Delfin Tolentino...

In this book, ceramic artist Nelfa Querubin shares her journey to peace and joy through her Christian faith. This is an artist's account of how she found deeper joys in...

Joyce L. Arriola’s new book is a remarkably prescient study of Filipino popular culture. Combining in equal measure historical imagination, cultural understanding, and sensitivity to film and komiks, it generates...

People I Have Been is an illustrated collection of essays by Baguio City-based theater performer, writer and healer Lissa Romero de Guia. Written from 2004 to 2020, it includes her...

This book by Sir Anril Pineda Tantoco is a study of the relationship between Catholicism and the embodied world of theater in opposition to the written text. It proposes that...

Peripheries: Histories of Anti-Marginality by Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. is a collection of essays that, according to the blurb, "argues that the social and spatial peripheries of the nation-state are...

Kalye is a street photography photobook documenting everyday life mostly in the Philippines through candid, close-range encounters. The work focuses on unscripted moments—children at play, fleeting gestures, and quiet interactions—captured...

This book introduces the wide variety of amphibians found across the Philippines, combining illustrations with concise descriptions that make identification accessible to both students and general readers. It highlights the...