Thoughts and Letters
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Thoughts and Letters is a collection of poetic lines and narratives by a Filipino author. This short collection of literary pieces is a creative juice squeezed from an ongoing pandemic. The sociopolitical-themed entries contained in this debut work made manifest the author’s generous effort to mirror the realities of his time and serve as an invitation to journey with him in not-so-known, sometimes neglected, packets of collective history—both in the Philippines and of being human.
“These poems and narratives trace humanity at the core of history, delving into experiences with a passion too vibrant and thundering to be kept mum.
“Thoughts and Letters is an invitation to introspect as well as a challenge to expand one’s horizon to different terrains of becoming human.”
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Thoughts and Letters - Jomar Abellana
Thoughts and Letters
Jomar Abellana
ISBN 979-8-89043-094-6 (paperback)
ISBN 979-8-89043-095-3 (digital)
Copyright © 2023 by Jomar Abellana
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
A Call for Lockdown
Steep and Winding Road
Confronting Whims and Lies
Failure of EDSA?
The One to Blame for a Poor Taste in Music
State of Heart on the 24th of February
On Neutrality and Penultimate Walls
It's Odd One Out
I Shall Close My Eyes on Election Day
Fake News
The Legalist
Mic Test, Mic Test
The Comedian
Quick Fix of a Pinky Finger
Busted
Exhibit A: The Confession
Exhibit B: A Caricature of Self-Deception
Fear of the Unknown
Judgment of I
What to Expect When Prospecting
Think of Me
Call for Special Relief
To Survive the Very Least
Curse of the Absurd
My Transgenerational Bucket List
On Heels This Time
Praise for Thoughts and Letters
About the Author
Foreword
Annie Dillard in her book The Writing Life speaks about writing as laying out a line of words. This line of words is like a miner's pick, a woodcarver's gouge, and a surgeon's probe. Dillard elaborates a bit more: the words that the writer chooses become a path to follow that would eventually bring the writer deep into new territory.
Thoughts and Letters is exactly, as Dillard describes, our author's exploration of new territories—different topics and themes yet unified by the same passion. Abbreviated perspectives and compressed thoughts are attempts to capture big ideas and vast realities.
Where the author comes from is an important context that our readers should start with. All text after all has a context. In fact, without context, no text would really mean anything. This context is an interweaving of cultural complexities that intersect with political experiences, existential imaginations, and spiritual distillations. And in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic—an event
that has brought humankind to the brink of its powers, Thoughts and Letters—this work of art, of an author's expressive imagination, is