Episode 15: Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr.

Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr. is a Filipino poet living in Singapore. Listen to us discuss his latest poetry collection, and hear him read a couple poems from his collection, "Aria and Trumpet Flourish". We talk about poetic forms, his influences and his process of honoring the creative process by writing everyday.

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Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr. is the author of Aria and Trumpet Flourish (Math Paper Press, Singapore), as well as the chapbooks Requiem and Hymnal (Vagabond Press, Australia). His poems have been published in Rattle, Hayden's Ferry Review, Likhaan, Shanghai Literary Review, and other journals and anthologies. He has received prizes from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Kokoy Guevara Poetry Competition, British Council, among others. Born in the Philippines, he has been based in Singapore since 2011.

Rodrigo Dela Pena's book cover "Aria and Trumpet Flourish"

For more information or to reach out to Rodrigo, please visit his Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/ariaandtrumpetflourish/

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Deep Reading

What is deep reading, exactly? Basically, it’s submersing yourself in a contiguous block of time reading a sizable book of text (not just mere images) from beginning to end. Oh, you think: that’s easy! Or, you’ve done it plenty of times. If you done it recently and regularly, then kudos to you! But for some, have you noticed that your attention wanders so fast when trying to sink into a good book that you had to put it down as soon as you started? You’ve chosen a topic you want to read about, a topic you want to learn and educate yourself on, or a novel you heard about and wondered what the hype was about, but the book sits on your nightstand for weeks on end, if not months, only collecting dust. I am glad you are reading my blog posts and would love you to come back, but I challenge you to make a goal to read a book a month and then two books a month, if you are not a reader, or an avid reader. I know people read at different speeds...

Love, Your Artsy Girl

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