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                    [Title] => 20 to watch for Oscar 2020
                    [Summary] => We like to think that movies reflect our social mood, and if so, 2019 saw reflections on marriages coming apart, social classes at war, people going into space (or into remote lighthouses) to escape the world, or simply flipping their wigs.
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                    [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau
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                    [Title] => A harvest of Singaporean fiction
                    [Summary] => The least successful ones bore many of the hallmarks of amateurs: a plethora of literary quotes and allusions, hurried summaries of situations, one-dimensional characterizations, and predictable plots.


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                    [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay
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                    [Title] => Black swan
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With only two weeks to go before the filing of certificates of candidacy, party slates are being firmed up and we now have three sure contenders for the presidency.

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Reading shows us the possibilities of language and the constant  investment of words helps writers enhance their own styles.

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It is known as the city of a hundred spires, for on its skyline are majestic spires all racing, seemingly, to pierce the sun.

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Joan A. Raguindin, 25, lives in Pampanga and got her arts and literature degree from University of the Cordilleras. She’s a freelance writer of poems, songs and plays and is currently working on a novel. She also paints and collects dolls, clocks and “owl accessories.”

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Jonnel Cesar A. Lat, 34, works in a government agency. He likes exploring all the provinces of the Philippines. He enjoys playing badminton and chess, watching Naruto and Bleach, and reading essays by Filipino authors.

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Percival Byron S. Bueser, is a BS Nursing student at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, but a mathematician at heart, who has won numerous math contests in college and high school.

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I bought it, stared at the cover for several minutes, found a quiet nook in our crumbling Usher-like house, and lost myself in the absurd universe of Gregor Samsa who one day wakes up as a gigantic bug:
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Rodrigo V. dela Peña Jr., 24, graduated from UP Diliman with a degree in Political Science. He has attended two national writers workshops (one in Baguio and another in Iligan) as a fellow for poetry and has published his poems and stories in various publications. He is currently a writer in an events company in Makati.

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