Mikael de Lara Co, Canopy and English translation of poetry

and English translation of poetry Family Room (Vagabond Press

prose fiction and critical essays

the penetrating strangeness of his poetry collapses boundaries and borders

there is more at stake in Isemonger’s work than a teasing out of the possibilities of language

This is not to say he has wrought a language of nihilism

Mikael de Lara Co, Canopy and English translation of poetryMikael de Lara Cos poetry is decidedly Filipino in scope, vision and heart. Writing of the pre colonial and the colonial experiences, the poet pieces together the dream of a nation from all its broken materials. Cos project has made him one of the strongest contemporary Filipino poets. Mikael de Lara Cos poetry and translations have garnered numerous accolades in the Philippines, among them four Palanca awards, two Maningning Miclat awards, and two