Marías at Sampaguitas
Review by Dina Klarisse
Perhaps the greatest hold Valmidiano has on the reader is through collective memory and experience.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Review by Farah Fawzi Ali
Gharib shares her honest experiences of being caught between her Filipino and Egyptian identities
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 28, 20214 min read
Review by Maria Bolaños
Garner is a biracial Filipina-Canadian living in the Greater Toronto area.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Review by Maria Bolaños
Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat takes an unflinching look at the racist legacy.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Review by Rickey Rivers Jr.
This read hits the pain of being a final girl, one who is told of strength after and yet is never given the care.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Feb 2, 20213 min read
Review by Christine Fojas
Maybe that’s one reason why translation is not much-practiced in the Philippines
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Review by Noreen Ocampo
Finish Filipinx American History Month on a strong note and show Elsa Valmidiano your support!
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Aug 11, 20203 min read
Review by DW McKinney
Social media showcases our intimacies and our failures in filtered realities.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 26, 20202 min read
Review by Vanessa Maki
‘The Great Northern Journey’ Review
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Marías at Sampaguitas
May 15, 20201 min read
Review by Vanessa Maki
Instagram poetry more often than not has a certain range to it, most of which is usually low and mostly for wide consumption.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Mar 10, 20202 min read
Review by Vanessa Maki
Psychedelic and Experimental: The House of Wonders Experimental work isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it happens to be mine and Harley...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jan 29, 20203 min read
Review by Christine Fojas
The Push and Pull thoughts on Luisa A. Igloria’s “Late Reflection” Do you see the mirror at the end of this long hallway? The title of...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Dec 6, 20192 min read
The Ghost Catcher Frequencies Review by Vanessa Maki
Not everything is going to move us or bring about some realizations of self that we may not have had otherwise. That’s a solid fact about...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 19, 20192 min read
Review by Juliette Sebock
"how long do I have a question I can't answer a question that howls a question that travels in a pack" -from "Feeding the Wolves" I've...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 12, 20192 min read
Review by Venus Davis
Book Review: Haunted Mind Haunted Mind is Vanessa Maki’s fifth chapbook and it was self published in 2018. The book includes themes of...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 12, 20191 min read
Review by Vanessa Maki
Shirley Camia’s “Mercy” is a Raw Exploration of Grief To capture experiences, no matter what they may be, in their raw form is something...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Nov 3, 20192 min read
Review by Vanessa Maki
“Bettering American Poetry” Vol. 3 Review What comes to the vast majority of folks’ minds when they think about American poetry? Famous...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Review by Venus Davis
Book Review: Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls by Robin Sinclair Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls is a poetry...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 20, 20191 min read
Review by Venus Davis
Book Review: Mistakes Were Made by Juliette Sebock Mistakes Were Made is a poetry collection by Juliette Sebock and was released in 2017....
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 20, 20192 min read
Review by Venus Davis
Book Review: Where I Ache by Megan O’Keeffe Where I Ache is a poetry collection by Megan O’Keeffe published in 2019. Thematically, the...
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