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Joel M. Toledo holds a Masters degree in English Studies (poetry) from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he likewise finished two undergraduate degrees (Journalism and Creative Writing). He has authored three books, Pedro and the Lifeforce (Giraffe Books, 1997); Chiaroscuro (UST Press, 2008); and The Long Lost Startle (UP Press, 2009). He was the recipient of the 2006 NCCA Literary Prize, a grant for publication of his first book of poems. He has won several literary awards for his poetry in English, including two Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, The Philippines Free Press Literary Award, The Meritage Press Poetry Prize (San Francisco, USA), and was the first Asian to win the Bridport Prize in the United Kingdom for his poem, “The Same Old Figurative”. He organizes and hosts Happy Mondays Poetry Nights, the longest-running, bi-weekly poetry reading series in the country.

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