Chris Santiago is the son of Filipino immigrants. In his first collection of poems, “Tula,” he wrestles with the tension of being both inside and outside the language and the culture of the ...

Vicky Cabrera starts her class with an important lesson and conquers a common misconception about the national language of the Philippines. "Many of them thought it's Tagalog but actually it's not ...

IN 1892, Jose Rizal began a new novel in Tagalog. He realized that in order to reach a wider readership in his country, he had to write in his native tongue. During this time of exile in Hong Kong ...