Partial Views: On the Essay as a Genre in Philippine Literary Production Rare & Out of Print and Hirano’s 'The Lizards Says

and Hirano’s 'The Lizards Says You’re A Liar

Xenia-Chloe Villanueva & Books on Demand

synergistic whole

“but what is most imagined

A book by artist Plet Bolipata

Partial Views: On the Essay as a Genre in Philippine Literary Production Rare & Out of Print and Hirano’s 'The Lizards SaysThis monograph by Conchitina Cruz seeks to expand possibilities in imagining, writing, and reading the essay by exploring key concepts and issues that undergird it as a genre in Philippine literary production. It tracks the emergence of creative nonfiction, examines assumptions of what constitutes the personal when writing from lived experience, and ponders an approach for an expansive first person essay with a keen regard for accuracy and