Karlo Sevilla

Karlo Sevilla

Karlo Sevilla is the author of seven poetry books, and one of the most recent is the chapbook “Recumbent” (8Letters Bookstore and Publishing, 2023). A three-time nominee for the Best of the Net, his poems appear in Philippines Graphic, Philippines Free Press, Protean, Matter, Radius, and elsewhere. He is a 2024 International Fellow of the International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM) for poetry.
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Fighting for a Past: The Fragmenting Centuries-Old Rice Field in UP Diliman

One morning in the early ‘80s, while aboard my school trike from my house in Quezon City, Kuya July, the…

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This Arnis Hub in UP Diliman Keeps the Precolonial Sport Alive

A history of arnis and how this precolonial Philippine national martial art finds a home in UP Diliman

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Cueva Del Santo: A 16th- Century Man-Made Catholic Sanctuary in Quezon City

I decided to leave the anticorruption protest rally on that early Bonifacio Day afternoon to have a better chance of…

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My City’s Central Landmark: Quezon Memorial Shrine

Inside Quezon City Memorial Circle (QCMC) is the most distinguished landmark of the city, the towering white structure that is…

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Sunken Garden: A Cup Full and Running Over in UP Diliman

The Sunken Garden in University of the Philippines-Diliman flock this spot for recreations, bonding, and fun activities, as well as…

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