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Alton Melvar Dapanas

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Born

in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

March 16

Website

https://linktr.ee/samdapanas

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Poetry, Travel, Nonfiction

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Anne Carson, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Maggie Nelson, Maria Stepanova, Esme Weiju ...more

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August 2011

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Alton Melvar M Dapanas (they/them), essayist, poet, and translator from the southern Philippines, is the author of In the Name of the Body: Lyric Essays (Canada: Wrong Publishing, 2023) and Towards a Theory on City Boys: Prose Poems (UK: Newcomer Press, 2021). Published from South Africa to Japan, from France to Australia, and translated into Mandarin and Swedish, their latest works have appeared in World Literature Today, BBC Radio 4, Oxford Anthology of Translation, Sant Jordi Festival of Books, and the University of Alabama Press anthology Infinite Constellations. Their lyric essay has been nominated to the Pushcart Prize and their prose poem was selected for The Best Asian Poetry. Formerly with Creative Nonfiction magazine, they’re edit ...more

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	The Sun Isn’t Out Long Enough by Tatevik Sargsyan (edited by), Mary Jean Chan (foreword by), Kazim Ali (afterword by) 4.08 avg rating — 60 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Between Spaces by Rebecca Burke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alton Melvar Dapanas (Goodreads Author), Arria Deepwater (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 33 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Name of the Body: Lyric Essays 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TOLKA, Issue 2 by Niamh Campbell, Brenda Romero, Jennifer Hodgson 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Conjunctions by Khadijah Queen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kiini Ibura Salaam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kenzie Allen (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towards a Theory on City Boys: Prose Poems by Alton Melvar Dapanas (Goodreads Author), Alton Melvar M. Dapanas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Libulan: Binisayang Antolohiya sa Katitikang Queer by Alton Melvar Dapanas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R. Joseph Dazo (Editor), Alton Melvar M. Dapanas 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Framework of the Human Body by Catherine Mwitta (Editor), Alton Melvar Dapanas (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo Poetry Journal - Volume 11: Tokyo City / Slice by Zoria Petkoska K (editor), Mat Chiappe (Editor), Alton Melvar Dapanas (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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