Title: Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies
Description: Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies won the grand prize for poetry in the University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Awards in 2008. After its publication in 2009, it became a finalist for the Philippines' National Book Award and Best First Book Award. Its author had no formal training in writing poetry.
Subjects: Philippine poetry in English1
Places: Philippines
People: Jose Marte A. Abueg