LIRA & Vibal Foundation Launch 3rd of 4 Poetry Chapbooks

Our official press release. For those interested in getting copies, please read the last paragraph :)

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LIRA & Vibal Foundation Launch 3rd of 4 Poetry Chapbooks

The celebrated Filipino poetry group Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) launched the third of its four poetry chapbooks for 2010 on November 16 at the Conspiracy Garden Café in Quezon City.

Titled “Rurok” and edited by award-winning poet Enrico C. Torralba, the third LIRA chapbook for the year features twenty-five poems from Giancarlo Lauro C. Abrahan V, Mel G. Boquiren, Maureen Gaddi dela Cruz, Joselito Delos Reyes, Noel Fortun, Mikael Gallego, Raymund Magno Garlitos, Ezzard R. Gilbang, Phillip Kimpo Jr., Erwin C. Lareza, Vivian N. Limpin, Claire Madarang, Francisco Arias Monteseña, Jenny B. Orillos, Betty Uy-Regala, Renato Santillan, Lee Sepe, Rem Tanauan, Michael Jude C. Tumamac, and Enrique Villasis.

The chapbook was published by Vibal Foundation, the socio-cultural development arm of Vibal Publishing House, Inc., and Aklat LIRA, the publishing imprint of one of the country’s major literary organizations.

The poetry chapbook series is one of the projects for LIRA’s year-long 25th anniversary celebrations. The first chapbook, titled “Lámang” was edited by Edgar Calabia Samar, while the second chapbook, titled “Iláng” was edited by Jerry Gracio. The fourth chapbook, titled “Aninaw” and edited by Ronaldo Carcamo will be launched in December.

The four chapbooks serve as appetizers for the launch of a new book featuring the works of LIRA poets, especially those by its new generation, to be launched in December and also published by Vibal Foundation. The anthology is edited by the founder of LIRA, National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma).

Copies of the third chapbook, “Rurok,” are available for free to public libraries and educational institutions while supplies last. Interested parties may make arrangements for pick-up by emailing the LIRA Chapbook Coordinators at folios@liraonline.org.