Foremostly a fictionist, Emeniano Acain Somoza, Jr. is also a poet, an essayist and a playwright. He hails from Siquijor

Siquijor

Siquijor is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the municipality also named Siquijor. To the northwest of Siquijor are Cebu and Negros, to the northeast is Bohol and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is Mindanao.Siquijor is the third...

 Island, an island in Central Visayas, south of the Philippine Archipelago.

Profile

Most of his stories have been published in Philippine Graphic, Philippines Free Press, The Philippine Star, and anthologized in ANI Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006 a literary journal published by the Miami University Press, and in the internationally-refereed Philippine Studies of the Ateneo University Press. His stories have also been archived online on CCP SANGKOMUNIDAD Ambag-Akda, and on A Survey of Philippine Literature. He received a degree in Bachelor of Mass Communication from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila), and masteral units in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

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Works

Book:

• A Fistful Of Moonbeams, Kilmog Press, hardback, 2010

Poems:

• Pinay, Household Service Worker, TAYO Literary Magazine, 2010
• Backporch Hush, Asia Writes, 2010
• A Fistful Of Moonbeams, Haggard & Halloo, 2010, Poet's Picturebook, 2010
• Art Of Ascent, Triggerfish Critical Review, 2010
• Liquid Walls, Gloom Cupboard, 2010
• Road Sign, Troubador 21, 2010
• The River Of Our Vehemence, Troubador 21, 2010
• Anima Mundi,Philosophy Of Water,No Warm Blankets Again Tonight, Moria Poetry, 2010

Short Fiction:

• Inroads, Philippines Free Press, 2002; Philippine Graphic, 2002, A Survey of Philippine Literature
• Memories of My Lost Siquijor (Quilt of Dreams), Philippine Studies Vol.53 No.2 (2005), Philippine Graphic, 2003, The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006, Miami University Press, CCP SANGKOMUNIDAD Ambag-Akda
• Brothers on a Stormy Sea, Philippine Graphic, 2004
• The Lady from Buffalo Island, Philippine Graphic, 2005, The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006, Miami University Press, ANI 33, Annual Literary Publication of the CCP, 2007
• My Own Moveable Feast, The Philippine Star, 2006
• Divina's Luck, Philippine Graphic, 2007
• A Yardful of Birds, Philippine Graphic, 2007
• One October Ends, Philippine Graphic, 2008

Essay:

• My Moveable Feast, Philippine Star, 2005

Workshops

• CEGP (College Editors Guild of the Philippines) National Student Press Congress, 1991
• Ricky Lee's 12th Scriptwriting Workshop, 1997

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