Literature or Facade?

The future of literature is inextricably dependent on the future of man. There can be no compromise. As Solzhenitsyn once so tellingly wrote:
Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society, that dares not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers [...]

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Cory Aquino & Cecil Rajendra

Learning about former President Corazon Aquino‘s colon cancer once again reminded me of the leveling power of human illness. Disease/illness is no respecter of persons. In relation to her unforgettable role in nation building after the collapse of the Marcoses’ conjugal dictatorship, I am also reminded of famed Malaysian lawyer-poet Cecil Rajendra’s tribute to her [...]

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