2024 Releases from the Ateneo Press

In case you missed it, here are the AUP Titles that have been published so far in 2024!

This list features fiction novels where characters face internal and external turmoils as they search and fight for their place in the world, poetry collections that vividly deconstruct our past and present, groundbreaking scholarly books that offer new perspectives on urgent societal issues, and nonfiction titles that reflect on the times that have gone by, all while hoping for a better future. 

February

Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight by Jim Pascual Agustin

Walking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight is a collection of poems traveling through politics, ecology, and pop culture—meeting each subject with curiosity and care.

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March

Typhoons: Climate, Society, and History in the Philippines by James Francis Warren

Typhoons: Climate, Society, and History in the Philippines weaves together a multidisciplinary perspective on the complex interactions between typhoons and Philippine society across centuries.

Grab your copy in paperback: Website│ Shopee and Lazada. 

April

My Lola’s Love Letters by Ines Bautista-Yao

My Lola’s Love Letters by Ines Bautista-Yao follows a young woman as she navigates through uncertainty, heartbreak, love, and hope—a journey of self-discovery many of us can relate to.

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Love without a Heart by Iñigo Ed. Regalado, translated by Soledad S. Reyes

Love Without a Heart by Iñigo Ed. Regalado, translated by Soledad S. Reyes, follows a young woman grappling with a timeless problem: heartbreak. She is devastated by a man she thought she could trust and by a society that has never been kind to women. Though deemed a fallen woman, how will she rise against it all? 

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Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated by Wystan de la Peña

Hindi iilan na nakabása ng nobela sa Pilipinas ang nakapansin sa pagkakahawig sa mga kuwento ng Doña Perfecta sa Noli Me Tángere, isang dahilan upang basahin at pag-aralan ang nobela at ang posibleng impluwensiya nito kay Jose Rizal.  Mabibigyang-linaw din ng nobela na ang anti-klerikalismo ng mga ilustradong Pilipino noong panahon ng Propaganda ay suliraning panlipunan di lamang sa Pilipinas kundi sa Espanya rin.

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May

This is How to Mean No Harm by Martin Villanueva 

This Is How to Mean No Harm by Martin Villanueva grapples with the revolving experiences of nostalgia, rage, and isolation during the minuscule minutes of the pandemic.

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Amigo Warfare

The Philippine edition of Amigo Warfare by Eric Gamalinda is armed with more heartrending poems. It is a pilgrimage across past and present Philippines, a pilgrimage still infused with unrelenting hope.

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Retrieving the Past by Joel Rocamora

Retrieving the Past by Joel Rocamora provides readers with an intimate look into the challenges and complexities of activism during and after martial law. 

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The Frailty of Growing Old by Mary Ann J. Ladia

The Frailty of Growing Old by Mary Ann J. Ladia presents data research and amplifies narratives to provide intimate snapshots of elderly Filipinos as they go about their daily lives—detailing the joys and the sorrows that come with aging. 

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Isabela by Kaisa Aquino

Isabela by Kaisa Aquino travels back and forth from the city to the countryside, to the past and present, revealing the impact of oppression and insurgency on the lives of ordinary women.

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Ang Pansit Luglog, Halo-halo, Atbp. sa Kuwentuhang Malabon, edited by Fanny A. Garcia 

Ang Pansit Luglog, Halo-halo, Atbp. sa Kuwentuhang Malabon ay katipunan ng mga sanaysay na naglalahad ng mga alaala at danas ng labinsiyam na may-akda kaugnay ng kanilang kabataan sa noon ay Malabon, Rizal (naging Malabon, Metro Manila noong 1975; naging Malabon City noong 2001).

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June

Mula Bayang Sawi hanggang Lupang Hinirang: Ang Pag-uunawa ng Pilipino sa Pilipinas by Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez

Batay sa masusing pananaliksik at pagsusuri ng mga tekstong pangkasaysayan at panitikan, ang aklat ay naglalayong isalaysay ang kasaysayan ng Pilipinas bilang “bayang sawi,” na inilayo sa mga diwata at inabuso nang ilang dantaon ng mga dayuhang mananakop, hanggang maging “lupang hinirang” na namulat at nabuo sa ideya ng pagiging isang demokratikong bansang pinamumunuan ng malayang mamamayang Pilipino para sa Pilipino.

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Collected Essays I: Philippine Theater History and Genres

Collected Essays I: Philippine Theater History and Genres compiles essays devoted to the exploration of Philippine theater genres that have been performed and transformed numerous times for centuries.

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Collected Essays II: Philippine Theater Traditions, Relations, and Contestations

Collected Essays II: Philippine Theater Traditions, Relations, and Contestations is composed of essays discussing plays and productions that indigenized foreign genres and contemporized historical narratives, thereby revitalizing them for a modern Filipino audience.

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Collected Essays III: Philippine Theater Aesthetics, Critiques, and Personalities

Collected Essays III: Philippine Theater Aesthetics, Critiques, and Personalities include four different approaches to the analysis of theater performances, decades' worth of reviews on theater performances and books, and essays that spotlight certain people and groups, and the indispensable role they played in the cultivation of Philippine theater.

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July 

Unrequited Love: Duterte’s China Embrace by Marites Dañguilan Vitug and Camille Elemia

Unrequited Love: Duterte’s China Embrace unearths the origins and displays the dire consequences of the former president’s affection for China—an affection that has influenced the very functioning of our government today. 

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Songs from Manunggul by Charlie Samuya Veric

“How to be still when the heart keeps yearning?” Songs from the Manunggul journeys from the past to the present, from the Philippines and beyond, and from this life to the next—following the lives of four characters from one extended family in their search for home.

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Remaindered Life by Neferti X. M. Tadiar

Remaindered Life by Neferti X. M. Tadiar articulates a new perspective on the machinations of capitalism as it intersects with issues of colonization, modernity, globalization, and neoliberalism—delving into the colorful lives led by populations who creatively adapt and persist despite such confines.

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September

Antimarcos by Khavn

Antimarcos is an intensely experimental work that transgresses the boundaries of genre while revealing the intricate historical transgressions committed against the common Filipino by those in power.

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Aguardiente sa Lahat by Daniel F. Doeppers

Aguardiente sa Lahat unravels the story of alcohol and its consumption in the Philippines.

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Now is a New No by Vincenz Serrano

Now is a new no by Vincenz Serrano, gazes upon the cracks and crevices of past and present Manila with sharp yet tender eyes. 

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October

Vile Creatures by Exie Abola 

Vile Creatures: Stories, compiles nine gripping tales filled with visceral violence and tender sentiment, offering a strange yet profoundly real view of the human condition against an unforgiving Third World megacity. 

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Stay tuned for more details on the other titles we have lined up for the rest of 2024!