A renowned Filipino poet graces the Edilberto K. and Edith L. Tiempo Creative Writing Center Lecture Series as its second speaker.
Poet Fidelito Cortes discussed on the topic The Poetry of Everyday Things: Poetics and the World.
Among his published works is his first book of poems, Waiting for the Exterminator, which received the National Book Award from the Manila Critic’s Circle.
A former Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University, Cortes also facilitated literary workshops for students in Dumaguete and Bayawan the last three weekends. (SU-OIP)