Below, a tiny excerpt from self’s “A Dictionary of Devotions,” currently up on Word Riot
A
Ask. Ask and thou shalt receive.
Assumpta est Maria, you sing every week in the auditorium.
Angels. Angelus. Angelic.
Admit. Admit this was all your fault.
Against. Must you always — ?
Altar. Assess.
Age.
Appropriate.
B
Behold.
Her piece is about being convent-school bred. And about praying. And about hope and damnation and salvation and all those heavy things that occupy the mind of a young girl growing up in Manila.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Kanlaon 