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A Literary Chronology

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Philippine-American War (1899-1902) *“Blasted Hopes” by Leona Florentino (1880)* “New Heart” by Rafael Palma (1902) “Maria Clara” by Fernando Ma. Guerrero (1905) “Dream Country” by Jesus Balmori (1907) “Crazy Souls” by Jesus Balmori (1908) “The Wench” by Sixto Roces (1909)

World War I (1914-1918) “The Feast of Death” by Buenaventura Rodriguez (1912) “Sublime Abjection” by Francisco Rodriguez (1919)

The Roaring 20s “Redemption” by Jesus Balmori (1920) “The Small Key” by Paz Latorena (1927) “The Teacher of my Town” by Antonio Luna (1927) “The Wanderer” by Fernando Ma. Guerrero (1928)

The 1930s “Tears” by Evangelina E. Guerrero-Zacarias (1930) “Vanity” by Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1934) “The Son” by Jesus Balmori (1936) “Spirit and Matter” by Emmanuel M. D’Exploits (1937)

World War II and Japanese Occupation (1941-1945) “Poem to the Other Woman” by Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido (1945) “The Chieftest Mourner” by Aida Rivera-Ford (1949)

The Philippine Republic and the start of the Marcos Presidency (1960s) “Magnificence” by Estrella Alfon (1960) “People in the War” by Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1962) “The Outside Heart” by Linda Ty-Casper (1968)

Martial Law (1972-1986) “Gift to the Earth” by Lina Espina-Moore (1975) “Sampaguita Song” by Marjorie Evasco (1984) “Tribeswoman” by Marra Pl. Lanot (1984)

Legacy of Martial Law (1987-2000) “Trinidad’s Brooch” by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (1987) “Mandarawak” by Marjorie Evasco (1987) “Dreamweavers” by Marjorie Evasco (1987) “From the Forbidden Tree” by Fatima Lim (1988) “Mother’s Break” by Merlinda C. Bobis (1988) “Maria de las Flores” by Marjorie Evasco (1988) “Simbang Gabi” by Michelle Cruz Skinner (1988) “Slave Woman of Tarlac, Tarlac” by Fatima Lim (1988) “The Secret Language” by Luisa A. Igloria (1990) “Virgin” by Lourdes Vidal (1992) “When You’re Six” by Nice Rodriguez (1993) “Woman of Many Voices” by Danton Remoto (~1995) “A Matter of Choice” by Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta (~1995) “Firstborn” by Maria Luisa B. Aguilar Cariño (~1995) “Katipunera” by Elsa Martinez-Coscolluela (~1995)  “Rosa” by Nerisa del Carmen Guevara (~1995)  “Gypsies in My World” by Norma O. Miraflor (~1995) “A Filipino Writer of English Poems to a Filipino Writers of Spanish Poems” by Justine U. Camacho (~1995) “White Turtle” by Melinda Bobis (1999) “Triptych” by Shirley Ancheta (~2000) “Consolation” by Caroline Cheng  (~2000) “The Birth” by Reine Arache Melvin (~2000) “Magdalena’s Monologue” by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (~2000) “I am Now the Chaste Specter” by Michelle Rivera-Gravage (~2000) “The Star” by Lilledeshan Bose (~2000) “Tsismis” by Erna Hernandez (~2000) “The Immigration Section” of “Tenement Lover: no palm trees/in new york city” by Jessica Hagedorn (~2000) “Drowning” by M. Evelina Galang (~2000) “Broken English” by Fatima Lim-Wilson (~2000)

The 21st Century “Cartographer” by Conchitina R. Cruz (~2003) “In Whispers” by Michelle Macareg Bautista (~2003) “Daughter” by Conchitina R. Cruz (~2003) “Roots” by Conchitina R. Cruz (~2003) “Cloister” by Mabi Perez David (~2003) “Smoky Mountain” by Grace Talusan (~2003) “Vigan” by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (~2003) “Homecoming” by Reine Arache Melvin (~2003) “For the Women” by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (~2003) “Notebook” by Fran Ng (~2003) “To be Walang Hiya” by Barbara Jane Reyes (2014) “To Love as Aswang” by Barbara Jane Reyes (~2015) “Brown Girl Manifesto #allpinayeverything” by Barbara Jane Reyes (~2020)

Books used 📚

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Mariño, Pilar E., editor and translator. Philippine Short Stories in Spanish 1900-1941. Office of Research Coordination, University of the Philippines, 1989.

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Zapanta-Manlapaz, Edna, editor. Songs of Ourselves: Writings by Filipino Women in English. Anvil, 1996.