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Tongue and root--Danton Remoto
That is the title of the essay of the Chinese Malaysian writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim appended to her collection of prize-winning poems entitled Monsoon History. Born in Malacca of Chinese immigrants, she learned English in school, took her PhD in the United States, and decided to stay there when Bahasa Malaysia became the regnant language in her homeland.
By Danton Remoto 12/02/2008 9:42 AM
My Favorite Teacher--Danton Remoto
Professor Torres introduced me to a universe of words. It is a luminous world inhabited by Baudelaire and Rimbaud, Verlaine and Rilke, Eliot and Hopkins, cummings and Lorca, Pound and Moore. And do not forget The Beatles.
By Danton Remoto 11/13/2008 11:04 AM
Tongue and root--Danton Remoto
That is the title of the essay of the Chinese Malaysian writer Shirley Geok-lin Lim appended to her collection of prize-winning poems entitled Monsoon History. Born in Malacca of Chinese immigrants, she learned English in school, took her PhD in the United States, and decided to stay there when Bahasa Malaysia became the regnant language in her homeland.
REMOTE CONTROL | Danton Remoto 11/02/2008 1:00 AM
Dreaming in English -- Danton Remoto
Writing in English is not an easy thing because it is not our first language. But as they say, if you can dream in it, then you can write it.
Danton Remoto/abs-cbnNEWS.com 10/28/2008 12:00 AM
An Affair with English—Danton Remoto
How did you begin to write? And why in English?
Friends and strangers alike would ask me that question. But the notion of beginning still surprises me until now.
Danton Remoto/abs-cbnNEWS.com 10/21/2008 1:00 AM
A mansion of many languages--Danton Remoto
Decades of teaching English to students (together with four years of teaching Filipino) have shown me that the best students in English are also the best students in Filipino. And how did they master the two languages?
One, they had very good teachers in both languages. Two, they inhabited the worlds of both languages. Three, they have gone beyond the false either-or mentality that hobbled their parents.
REMOTE CONTROL | DANTON REMOTO, abs-sbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 10/16/2008 1:00 AM
The Muse of History -- Danton Remoto
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil does not only write of history. She has become the muse of our history.
Danton Remoto 10/02/2008 8:30 PM
The wheels of justice—Danton Remoto
They grind exceedingly slow, but with Chief Justice Reynato Puno as helmsman of the Court, I see some hope.
Danton Remoto 09/23/2008 12:42 AM