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Amelia Clarissa de Luna Monasterial is a writer and artist who graduated Summa Cum Laude from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Major in Creative Writing. Her written works have received accolades such as the F. Sionil Jose Young Writers Award and multiple honors from DLSU's Annual Awards for Literature. Her artworks have won several awards from DLSU's Annual Awards for Visual Arts and have been featured in the DLSU Arts Congress and the 4th ArteScene Exhbition. Whether through words or brush strokes, Clarissa explores themes of resilience, identity, and longing for connection through her work. She does not shy away from the grotesque and macabre, balacing them with the quest of finding beauty in the mundane and light in the dark.
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At the Bio+Mine Grow Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Workshop held on 28 October 2025 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City, experts, policymakers, and…
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Opening a BDO Junior Savers account is simple. Your child only needs P100 to get started, and that’s also the minimum balance to keep it active.
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This poem won second place in the Jamborine event of Cultura, De La Salle University’s premiere literature organisation, and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative…
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This piece is a work of fiction. However, if you are a spiritualist or you believe in the paranormal, the occult, or the demonic, please do not do this ritual.…
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They say that a mother will always recognize her own child, no matter if years or distance have separated them from each other. She will look into the eyes of…
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“Beyond doubt the work of a powerful writer. Can make male writers red with envy in conveying the power of sex and loss.” —Timothy Montes. This story contains…
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Nakita ni David si Lia na naglalaro sa ilalim ng puno ng durian. Hindi ito ang unang pagkakataon na kanyang pinanood ang batang babae. Matagal na ni David na…
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Translation as Connection is an essay that won third place in the essay category for the 39th De La Salle Annual Awards for Literature.
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