Timidity and Excess: Under Permafrost, Playing Passover, Remembering the Farm, Cemetery
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Four poets from the volume 'Busilak: New LGBTQ Poetry from the Philippines' (UP Press, 2020) introduce themselves and read their poems, including in translation. Due to severe lockdowns, these poems were performed and recorded via Zoom, a reminder of our ongoing reliance on virtual connections. We encourage you to sit on a nearby bench, or on the College Green, as you listen to their spoken words.
The poets and poems are:
King Llanza, Under Permafrost
Mariel Naro Alonzo, Playing Passover
Thomas Leonard Shaw, Remembering the Farm
Macky Torrechilla, Patyo (Cemetery)
