I considered calling it my ‘Palparan novel.’ Handy shortcut, like ‘call center-call center’ for TQO. I remember struggling to describe the then work-in-progress to my cohort at a residency, going straight to capsule–political killings in Arroyo-era Philippines–rather than what the novel is about (although, not to be a social realist on main, isn’t historical context what novels…
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In one of the many heart-wrenching images taken in the aftermath of Ulysses, about a dozen people can be seen half-crouched and trying to walk on top of the flimsy-looking GI roofs of shanties, held-up umbrellas impotent in the pouring rain, the wind visibly upending their steps, while behind them in the hazy distance residential…