{"product_id":"the-and-that-was-9798993295022","title":"The and That Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe and That Was\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an archipelago of words: lush and mountainous in parts, civilized veneer in others, almost all of it seemingly born from instances when the forces within could no longer be restrained. The thing about archipelagos is to not view them as chains of islands, but as the space that envelops them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is what this collection contains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe land. The culture. The rustic and the urban, religious and heretical. The fractures. The spaces. The cities without dragons…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fairy Tale Reality of the Philippines …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the end began and begins again … The wishes that point to what we should have wished. These stories contain–and release. And so do you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMia Tijam was born and spent her early childhood in Iriga City and grew up in Naga City in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. She studied European languages, philosophy, literary theory, creative writing, and comparative literature at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, in Metro Manila. She was one of the first fellows for CNF in 2007 in the oldest creative writing program in Asia, the Silliman University National Writers Workshop; and a fellow in CNF in the 2024 Women’s Annual Writing Workshop. She has published poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction, and her work has received awards and critical recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMia served as co-editor of the pioneering virtual anthology \u003cem\u003ePhilippine Speculative Fiction Sampler\u003c\/em\u003e; editor for the inceptive Special Section for PWDs and PADs of the (CCP) Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Literary Journal \u003cem\u003eANI 41: LAKBAY\u003c\/em\u003e; co-editor of the CCP’s tribute to departed cultural workers in the pandemic, “Hanggang sa Muli: Pagpupugay at Pasasalamat sa mga Pumanaw”; editor for \u003cem\u003ePhilippine Genre Stories\u003c\/em\u003e; judge for Istoryang Rinconada: Literary and Visual Art Competition; judge for Saranggola Awards; and category judge for Bikol translation in the National Book Awards in the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut short fiction, \u003cem\u003eFlowers for Thursday\u003c\/em\u003e (published by Ateneo de Naga University Press) was a finalist in the 40th National Book Awards in the Philippines; its bilingual second edition published in 2024 is the first English-Rinconada short fiction book in Philippine literature. Mia has been acknowledged as one of the writers and editors who have advanced Philippine Speculative Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Tijam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48607171444987,"sku":"9798993295022","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_6f565a50-3481-47d1-8031-b0e4179b2fe0.jpg?v=1778847378","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-and-that-was-9798993295022","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}