Local Modern Authors Spell Wit, Humor

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MANILA, Philippines - Centuries have passed since the first book was printed in the Philippines, but things stay relatively the same today: people still devour the written word - whether in traditional or digital form - in between shuffling songs on their iPods and web surfing.

Unfortunately, most of us get to encounter classic Filipino reads such as those by acclaimed authors N. V. M. Gonzales, Nick Joaquin, F. Sionil Jose and Genoveva Edroza-Matute in school once or twice, unfortunately never to be read again mainly due to the arrival of famous book series by foreign fantasy story authors such as J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, and George R. R. Martin. While …