TY - BOOK TI - Habagatanon: conversations with six Davao writers SN - 9789715427746 AV - PR 9550.1 .H113 2015 PY - 2015///];©2015 CY - Diliman, Quezon City PB - University of the Philippines KW - Authors, Filipino KW - Conversation in literature N2 - This pride in one's place--strongly visible as local color with familiar landmarks and local characters acting as agents of fate, fame, and fortune--proves true idea expressed by Clifford Geertz that poetry indeed is "a craft of place: it works by the light of local knowledge." It is what makes Davao writers poetic, and Davao itself a vibrant spot in the literary landscape of the country where life and the life of the written word thrive ER -