This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.Photo courtesy of Lakan Umali'The Ferdinand Project' is set in Baguio, where the author grew up, tracking the fraught lives of seven children raised to serve the Marcos family
Umali seems on track towards the fruition of these intentions, if not already there. Then a substitute instructor at the University of the Philippines Mindanao, she now teaches literature and creative writing at UP Diliman, the state university’s main campus, where she also completed her bachelor’s degree in anthropology.
“Collaborating with her for the podcast, I get the sense that her work is deeply rooted in her activism and her desire for a better, kinder world,” Eco said of Umali. “She has this ability to reach varied audiences, which I believe is a result of her talent in connecting political topics to personal experiences.”
Following her win at Palanca, I spoke to the eminent writer about genre, alternatives, and the books she’d like us to read. The conversation has been edited for flow. However, I don’t think this kind of society will last, this world where we reward unfettered greed, accumulation, and hubris. The climate crisis alone will destroy us if we don’t right now think of an alternative way of living.
Content nowadays is so fast and bite-sized. How do you think that bodes for longform narrative? Can you say that its audience is declining?
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