Acclaimed journalist Ces Drilon visited the Letizia exhibit, took lovely photos, and posted her reflections on what she encountered. Enjoy!
“Letizia: A Life in Letters is an inspiring and moving exhibit at the Linangan Gallery of the Constantino Foundation. Leticia Roxas Constantino’s letters and journals were given life in a multi sensoral showcase of music, personal belongings, video, photos with letters as if floating in the air. A must see – especially for women. She was an equal partner of historian Renato Constantino and co-wrote the history book, The Philippines: A Past Revisited which opened the eyes of Filipinos to a different perspective of our story. Yung totoo and not from the eyes of our colonizers. What a fascinating woman, her baby books for her children were journals as if they were written in their own voice! She wrote down the recipes when she entertained, along with the guest list and the cost of the food. A stuffed toy her granddaughter @constantkc gave her with a bouquet of flowers, she [READ]

Mula sa premyadong manunulat na si John Iremil Teodoro, tubong Antique, tumanggap ng S.E.A. WRITE Award noong 2019 mula sa Kaharian ng Thailand, Full Professor ng malikhaing pagsulat, literatura, at pagpapahalaga sa sining sa De La Salle University-Manila. Siya ay Direktor ng Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center at kasalukuyang direktor nh IYAS National Writers Workshop. Nagsilbi siya bilang Sekretaryo Heneral ng Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) noong 2016-2023.
All Photos by Josiah Antonio
