CHANGING SHAPES OF RAIN

By Miyako Izabel

Eroticizing death is taboo in Philippine society, culture, and even literature, but as an existentialist writer and political activist, the author's tendency is to agitate and resist. In this poetry collection, she combines protest and sensuality and adds politics and despair to the mix. It is her poetic response to extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that have been happening in the Philippines since 2016, when the Government's drug war that targets the poor began. The poet's intent is not to disrespect the EJK victims but to celebrate the sensuality of life before the senselessness of death ruins it. Besides, if "the personal" is reduced to the barest, the erotic are also "political".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947943014
• ISBN13: 9781947943018
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Paddy Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"