Poet E. San Juan publishes 4th book of poems in Filipino

“US-based Filipino scholar E. San Juan, Jr., emeritus professor of English, Comparative Literature and Ethnic Studies, has just published his fourth book of poems in Filipino, "Bukas Luwalhating Kay Ganda," sponsored by the Philippines Cultural Studies Center.

His previous collections include "Alay sa Paglikha ng Bukang-liwayway" (Ateneo U Press), "Sapagkat Iniibig Kita" (U.P. Press), "Sutrang Kayumanggi" and "Mahal Magpakailanman" (LuLu.com).

San Juan is currently a fellow of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Austin, Texas. He was a fellow of the W.E.B. Institute, Harvard University, for which he is completing a monograph on “African American Internationalism and Solidarity with the Philippine Revolution.” A part of the research has been published in Socialism and Democracy, July 2010, and in the e-journal Cultural Logic.”

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