CMI Arts Initiative talk
Date: Tuesday, 11 April, 2023.
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Venue: Seminar Hall
Among Women: A Literary Reading
Rayji de Guia
(Writer in residence, 2023).
11-04-23
Abstract
Rayji de Guia centers the various experiences of Filipino women in her
writing, drawing from her life and those around her, and she
challenges the limiting notions of womanhood by manifesting on the
page "unlady-like" women. She will read selected poems and fiction
excerpts for this event.
Bio:
Rayji de Guia is a fictionist, poet, and illustrator. Her work can be
found in Asian Cha, The Deadlands, harana poetry, Journal of English
Studies and Comparative Literature, The Pinch, and elsewhere. She has
received prizes from the Gémino H. Abad Awards for Poetry and the
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. She is a
writer-in-residence at Chennai Mathematical Institute, where she is
writing her first book of short stories, Provincia y
Dolorosa. Currently, she is an instructor at the University of the
Philippines – Diliman