Below are samples of Shirley Siaton‘s published articles. These are listed by type of literary work.
All pieces available herein belong to the author and their respective publishers. Please do not reproduce for personal or commercial use without express written consent.
Essays
- Coffee Break
Published: N/A
A tribute to coffee, above anything else, and submitted as a piece to compete for a spot on being one of the 70 delegates to the Ayala Young Leaders Congress 2000
Fiction
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A Fire in the Soul
Published: Estudyante Network Magazine, January 2000
A young woman named Uryana Sangkilat faces her destiny and the greatest foe of her people -
Dancing in the Rain
Published: The Accounts Initial Public Offerings 1999 (Literary Folio)
A love story between the perfect killer and the perfect girl
Poetry
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A Fat Girl Thing
Published: The Accounts Initial Public Offerings 1999 (Literary Folio)
A fat girl on thinner, prettier girls, her own body and sexuality -
Disruption
Published: The Accounts Initial Public Offerings 2000 (Literary Folio)
Subversive romance in the new millennium -
Foodcourt
Published: The Philippine Star, 18 September 1998
The passage of cruel time -
Fudge
Published: The Philippine Star, 24 October 1997
For unwed teenage mothers who had the courage not to abort -
Graduation Day
Published: The Philippine Star, 12 April 1997
Letting go is more like it -
Jihad
Published: The Accounts Initial Public Offerings 1999 (Literary Folio)
“Religious war,” Sunday-morning sacrifices and struggles -
Other
Published: The Philippine Star, 13 November 1998
Unrequited and pained -
Shoes
Published: The Philippine Star, 19 July 1997
The ever-changing soul, um, sole -
Stone
Published: The Philippine Star, 3 May 1997
A memory left untreasured, unremembered -
The Voyage
Published: The Accounts, August-October 1997 Magazine
Written while watching fishing boats and barges; after a mosquito-laden night -
Who Cares?
Published: The Philippine Star, 15 August 1997
Living against the odds
Reviews
- Lizard: Organized Madness
Published: Estudyante Network Magazine, January 2000
A glance at Lizard, a collection of six short stories by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto
