is a poet and editor living in Philadelphia, PA.
TIEMPO MUERTO encompasses Antonio's writing and research projects, which simmer autodidactically and ecologically.
It refers to the several-month period of waiting between planting and harvesting, which can be dire for Philippine farmers.
HERE, dead time is dignified, honorable, hermeneutic dissent.
BARI-BARI is an Ilokano saying of reverence and respect to other beings and elemental spirits.
we are only passing through. we mean no harm.
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GRAY AGPALO is a poet based in Philadelphia. They are the Communications Editor of Apogee Jounral and a member of the collective, Sick in Quarters. Their work is concerned with the ecology of chronic pain and slow practice.
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