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Ian Rosales Casocot

Recapping a Life

Lately — for the past few years, to be honest — I have sensed a pattern to my TV watching, and it always goes like this: the first season…

5d ago

Recapping a Life

5d ago

Remembering the Writers of Iowa, Circa 2010

Last March 6, I read the terrible news I knew was coming. The Trump administration was cutting off its annual funding of the International…

Mar 22

Remembering the Writers of Iowa, Circa 2010

Mar 22

A Personal Journey to City of Literature

A pipe dream is comfortable. Indulging in pipe dreams is safe, because there are really no risks involved, only pronouncements.

Mar 14

A Personal Journey to City of Literature

Mar 14

The Way of the Wakwak

It is understandable why the color red suffuses much of the atmosphere — and the metaphors — of Pulang Langob, the restaging of the…

Mar 14

The Way of the Wakwak

Mar 14

From French Kissers to Small People Adrift

Part 3 of the 2024 Oscar Shorts Considered

Feb 28

From French Kissers to Small People Adrift

Feb 28

Prometheus the Pirate

Aside from the basic utilities — electricity, water, internet, and mobile phone — one cannot live without, I have some subscriptions I pay…

Feb 27

Prometheus the Pirate

Feb 27

CityMall and Other Frustrations

Let’s be real — the gentleness of any city has its limits, even a city that takes to that quality as the essence of its popular tagline.

Feb 21

CityMall and Other Frustrations

Feb 21

Ardor for Arbour

We write this in leave-taking. By the time this essay sees print, Arbour — the restaurant along Hibbard Avenue near Bantayan which had…

Feb 15

Ardor for Arbour

Feb 15

The Other Kind of Inflation

At the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, I was one of several people commissioned by the Cultural Center of the Philippines to write the…

Feb 13

The Other Kind of Inflation

Feb 13

My Favorite Third Space

Anyone who knows me well enough knows where to find me in Dumaguete, if they really wanted to find me. Because people who know best know I…

Feb 9

My Favorite Third Space

Feb 9

Ian Rosales Casocot

Ian Rosales Casocot

Interpreter of hamsters. Author of Beautiful Accidents: Stories and Heartbreak & Magic: Stories of Fantasy and Horror

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