Bulaklak sa Tubig: Mga Tula ng Pag-ibig at Himagsik (Flowers in Water: Poems on Love and Revolt) by Joi Barrios

Giving voice to victims of violence, the workers, the women, the disappeared, these are courageous love poems that address the paradoxical nature of nation, of struggle, and of the deeply personal. Often in the voice of woman, Barrios' poems are exquisite guerilla forays into the theater of contemporary cultural wars; we emerge from them having learned that love's secret name is justice. -- SYLVIA TIWON, University of California Berkeley

One of the most influential and major voices in Philippine feminist poetry, Joi Barrios powerfully and tenderly speaks the twin passions of personal desire and social revolt that have propelled the radical national struggles for freedom and justice, in which she has long been an important cultural actor and activist. In bringing together the unforgettable laments and protests, cries of anger and consolation, and songs of love and solidarity that she has penned and performed over the last few decades of feminist and nationalist struggle, Barrios offers us a poignant, vivid and inspiring chronicle of the life force of sentiment that is the hidden and yet indispensable force of political commitment and community. -- NEFERTI TADIAR, Columbia University
A Philippine import. Limited copies available.

Publisher : Anvil Publishing Inc. (January 1, 2010)
Language : Filipino translated in to English
Paperback : 229 pages
ISBN-10 : 971272458-1
ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-272458-9