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Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Keywords

Philippine poetry in English, women’s writing, writing the body, l’ecriture feminine

Abstract

In this essay, the text of a craft lecture presented for the Bienvenido Santos Creative Writing Center, I discuss the interrelationship between gender and poetry. I present a close-reading of “Dreamweavers” by Marjorie Evasco, followed by a recital and critical description of five of my own poems. These are organized around specific body parts, by way of critical engagement with the association between femininity and the body.

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