UPV Literati

23/04/2026

Rest in power, Sir RJ ✊🏻🕊️

POEM OF REMEMBRANCE. From Bacolod poet and journalist RJ Nichole Ledesma, 1995-2026.

21/04/2026

1️⃣ step closer to 🌙💓

😘

BAB 2026 is also brought to you by:
Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan - UPV
UP Ichthyophilic Society
UPV Libertas
UPV Skimmers

Special Thanks to:
iWrite
UPV Benedicite
UPV Kamaragtas
UPV Sidlangan
UPV Sociological Society
UPV Tycoons

20/04/2026

2️⃣ is BETTER >>> 1️⃣

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 — 𝐔𝐩𝐯 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝



BAB 2026 is also brought to you by:
Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan - UPV
UP Ichthyophilic Society
UPV Libertas
UPV Skimmers

Special Thanks to:
iWrite
UPV Benedicite
UPV Kamaragtas
UPV Sidlangan
UPV Sociological Society
UPV Tycoons

17/04/2026

SO excitd,,, 🤩🤩 4 BILOG ang 🌙🌙🌙 2016 💜💖💜💖

opssss..

2026 pla 😂😂😂💓💓💓 april 22, 2026 - upv football field




BAB 2026 is also brought to you by:
Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan - UPV
UP Ichthyophilic Society
UPV Libertas
UPV Skimmers

Special Thanks to:
UPV Benedicite
iWrite
UPV Kamaragtas
UPV Sidlangan
UPV Sociological Society
UPV Tycoons

17/04/2026

In celebration of National Literature Month, the UPV Skimmers together with UPV Literati invite you to wander through the corridors of memory as we join ZineZoned: Iloilo Zine Fest 2026.

With the theme, 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧: 𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐝, we are looking back to the stories and experiences that shaped us. Join us as we fold our histories into paper and ink our longing onto the page. Get your copy now!

📍Festive Walk, Iloilo
🗓️ April 17-19
🖋️ UPV Skimmers x UPV Literati







Models: Courtney Padilla and John Razen Genovana
Art Direction: Angel Marie Penano
Photographer: Danica Felin Doloso
Project Head: Aren Hallegado

16/04/2026

𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

𝟒. 𝟐𝟐. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

𝐔𝐏𝐕 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.

12/04/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧! 📜🪶

This year's theme, as per the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, is "Beket Panitikan para sa Katwiran at Kalikasan." "Beket" is an Agutaynen Palawan language term which means unity.

With this, UPV Literati acknowledges the role of diverse indigenous worldviews across the country in shaping national literature and identity. As wellsprings of literary imagination, it is paramount to affirm that their contribution to Philippine literature is, in Kinaray-a, "tayuyon." Crystallizing the place of indigenous knowledge in our national literary landscape remains as a major step in decentering Manila-centric portrayals of Philippine literature.

Of course, we cannot speak of indigenous perspectives without asserting the significance of environmental stewardship. Revering the environment has always been the core of indigenous thought. To advocate for the indigenous, then, is to bring back a sensibility that is deeply attuned to nature.

In Western Visayas, perhaps the most prominent and enduring icon of indigenous knowledge and attunement to nature is the babaylan. What's interesting is that symbolic remnants of babaylanism lives on. The granddaughters of these babaylanes serve as culture bearers of the present.

And in the next moonrise, they will meet again to celebrate literature in all its colors. 🌙




Pubmat by: Fatima Capin