It’s been nine years since Letizia Roxas Constantino passed away on 27 June 2016. But the memory of her life, and how and why she lived it to the fullest—it’s not only intact; we are determined to ensure it flourishes.

The exhibit, Letizia: A Life In Letters, is just one among many initiatives we have in store. The launch this August of a special hardbound edition of The Philippines: A Past Revisited, to mark the 50th anniversary since the book was published, is another. Renato wrote the book with Letizia, and how and why they did so is explained in a new introduction that comes with the book, along with a host of other lovely features.

When someone is called a writer, we tend to think of a novelist, a poet, or a journalist. Indeed, over so many decades Letizia wrote and edited countless books and analytical articles for newspapers and magazines. But it was letters to family, friends, and self, that she wrote most, in the she preferred: with brevity, clarity, and grace.

Letizia’s craft, as her friend, the feminist scholar Inday Ofreneo, described, might be called feminine writing, something all of us can learn, re-learn, and integrate in our lives. Especially men.