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.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

AND INTO THE FIRE

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Dear Albert Casuga: The world today is a very scary place. With nuclear weapons being built and tested by nations that should never possess...

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

PRESS RELEASE: The God Shaped Heart: How Correctly Understanding God's Love Transforms Us

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Dear Albert Casuga: We would greatly appreciate your help getting word out to your audience via your blog or other social media sites on...

Thursday, December 15, 2016

TRANSFIGURATIONS

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TRANSFIGURATIONS: IS BEAUTY AN OMEN? A condition of complete simplicity/ (Costing not less than everything)---Little Gidding, The Fo...

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

THE GREAT GRIEF OF EXTINCTION SERIES

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POET ROBERT FROST WROTE IN ONE OF HIS POEMS: EARTH IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR LOVE. HE WAS TOO OPTIMISTIC. (See my series on Extinction and End...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

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MY SUITE OF LOVE POEMS TODAY was prompted by Leonard Cohen's LIGHT THROUGH A CRACKED MIRROR (For Leonard Cohen, RIP) ......

Sunday, August 28, 2016

MY ARS POETICA

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MY ARS POETICA: A REPRISE MY POEMS TODAY spell out my Ars Poetica as a practitioner of the literary art of poetry---the most venera...

Friday, April 22, 2016

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTIST FOR LITERATURE EDITH L. TIEMPO, WOULD HAVE BEEN 97 TODAY

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APRIL 22, 2016, Philippine National Artist for Literature EDITH TIEMPO's 97th Birth Anniversary. Remembering a dear mentor and a ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

back cover blurb for language of ashes

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"Language of Ashes", Joel Pablo Salud's first collection of his poems, is worth spending precious life time on. I know I hav...

Friday, April 1, 2016

IN OUR EXILE, A CONDITION OF STILLNESS

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IN OUR EXILE, A CONDITION OF STILLNESS A condition of stillness pursues you, wherever you find your exile, at sea or in any exp...

A HAIKU: ON JOANNA'S PIER

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A HAIKU (For Joanna Allas-Fojas 's Pier Photo) ... They will not break though waves may lave and years may find them when r...

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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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