ABOUT THE BOOK

In seemingly nonchalant and familiar registers of the everyday, Daposala boldly goes against the grain of conventional defamiliarizing and elevated language of poetry. Unapologetic, grounded, and earnest, these poems have the Bisdak swag, cool because simultaneously self-assured and bashful in its meditations, thoughtfulness, and appreciation of the presence of others in one’s life. A book that reminds you of your own people and makes you want to keep on reading.

Shane Carreon, Poet

Daposala’s sophomore book, Jamico Boys, beautifully weaves words together, creating a tagay of rum-like verses. Each poem is a sip of intoxicating emotions as he delves deep into the complexities of childhood, friendship, self-discovery, love, and life.

R. Joseph Dazo, Fictionist

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ton L. Daposala was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro City. His first poetry collection Basâ-Basa was published in 2018. He finished his Master of Arts in Literature at Xavier University in 2019. His works have appeared in Bisaya Magasin, Brown Child: The Best of Faigao Poetry and Fiction, 1984–2012, The Best of Dagmay 2 (2010–2012), Kinaadman, Mindanao Harvest 4: A 21st Century Literary Anthology, Tinubdan: New Voices from Northern Mindanao, Dagat ug Kinabuhi: Translating Contemporary Cebuano Poetry, and Loch Raven Review. His works have also been published online in journals such as Kabisdak, Dagmay, and TLDTD. He has been a fellow of the 18th Iligan National Writers Workshop and the Cornelio Faigao Memorial Writers Workshop in 2011, and the 57th UP National Writers Workshop in 2018. Ton is currently working as a faculty of the College of Communication, Art, and Design at the University of the Philippines Cebu.