Two Altars
April Bewell
April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025
I’ve been thinking a lot about how the same sunset feels different depending on where you stand. This piece, Two
I’ve been thinking a lot about how the same sunset feels different depending on where you stand. This piece, Two
Years ago, I started blogging with the vague idea that it would sharpen my writing. Make me more disciplined. Maybe
A fragmented visit to the National Center for Mental Health. Forms, corridors, and forgotten names. This poem is a record
My first Philippine Book Festival as an author was a resounding success, with my book completely selling out and exciting
Every so often, I tell myself I’m done with writing, that I should focus on something more practical, like learning
When Writing Knows More Than We Do: How Trauma Shapes Our Stories I thought I was writing about something else.
Join Marinduque Is in the Heart at the Philippine Book Festival 2025, happening March 13-16 at Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall.
Art as Necessity: Notes on Carl Phillips “Ambition” Sitting with Phillips’s “Ambition,” I see something like a dialogue across time
At first glance, Lamberto Antonio’s “Pastol” feels like stepping into an Amorsolo painting. You know the ones – golden light,
Night Swimming I practiced hurtlike how pearls are made,methodically, with attention,this art of controlled wounding. This is how. First,you learn
My name is April Pagaling, and I’m a writer, poet, and creative AI writing expert. For the last 20 years, I’ve made a living as a writer across different fields—journalism, copywriting, social media, ghostwriting, and creative writing. My work spans poetry, historical fiction, essays, and literary criticism, often exploring themes of memory, identity, and cultural inheritance.
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