In his short review, New York-based poet Luis Cabalquinto has these words about
Cordero: ‘One of the bright lights of the recent Bikolnon writing renaissance, Kristian Cordero presents in his poetry Pusuanon, intimate sketches and portraits of the people and land of his birth. He does this with a confident hand, cool detachment and, very often, with tongue-in-cheek humor. Fully in command of his material, Cordero's poetic diction deftly fuses real and surreal elements to elicit from the thoughtful reader not only high amusement but also deep understanding.’
Cordero who also writes in Filipino has received theMadrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award in 2006, the NCCA Writers’ Prize for Poetry and the Maningning Miclat Awards.
The book launching will coincide with the Harampangan and Pintakasi nin mga Libro, which will gather Bikol writers to discuss their poetics and politics in their writings. The writers who will compose the panel are last year’s SEA WRITE awardee Abdon Balde Jr., Bikol historian Dr. Danilo M. Gerona, literarycritic Paz Verdades Santos together with Frank Peñones Jr, Vic Nierva, Fr. Wilmer Tria and Adrian Remodo.
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