Ambit's Gambit (Albert B. Casuga Literary Blog)

Ambit's Gambit is Albert B. Casuga's blog for his poetry, fiction, essays, literary theory, literary criticism, art criticism, and commentary on life, living, and the human condition.

Friday, January 7, 2011

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ALBERT B. CASUGA: 2011: WHAT KIND OF A WORLD ARE WE CREATING? (LOOKING BACK AT HUXLEY AND ORWELL, NOT IN ANGER BUT DREAD)

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ALBERT B. CASUGA: 2011: WHAT KIND OF A WORLD ARE WE CREATING? (LOOKING BACK AT HUXLEY AND ORWELL, NOT IN ANGER BUT DREAD)

Monday, December 27, 2010

A HARVEST OF POEMS, 2010 (SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER)

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A HARVEST OF POEMS, 2010 (September to December) A GAME OF PONTOONS (For Mikey) Mikey bested his cousins in the game of balancing on...

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

POEM ON A WINTER SOLSTICE

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SOLSTICE Scampering rodents cast long shadows On the snow fallen from shorn branches. Night falls quickly and twigs dragged into Cre...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Emmanuel, 2010: A Celebration

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Celebrating the birth of Jesus, we are happy and grateful to reprint here a poem written by Rev. Francisco R. Albano, and two documents he s...

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Friday, December 17, 2010

ADDRESSING SOME FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: AN UPANISHAD

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Now and then, I get invited to deliver "while-you-guys-eat inspirational talks", and this one is the annual invitation from the Sa...

Saturday, November 20, 2010

TAKING STOCK

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I am mining the blog for possible book materials, upon suggestion of a quondam confrere at the old university. The University of Santo Tom...

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Friday, November 19, 2010

ALBERT B. CASUGA: IS LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION GOING TO PERISH IN CANAD...

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ALBERT B. CASUGA: IS LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION GOING TO PERISH IN CANAD... : "Is Liberal Arts Education going to perish in Canada? (Or has...

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

DEBUT NOVELS WIN IN CANADA'S TRIPLE TREAT OF LITERARY AWARDS

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Toronto Star's Publishing Reporter Vit Wagner rounds up his reports on Canada's three major and most prestigious literary prizes to...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

TRAJE DE BODA: POEMS BY AILEEN IBARDALOZA

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Traje de Boda: A Review Traje de Boda: Poems by Aileen Ibardaloza is a big debut poetry collection for its slim size (71 pages). Fea...

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ALBERT B. CASUGA: ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.

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