Alfonso Manalastas

Alfonso Manalastas is an op-ed contributing writer, a poet, and a spoken word artist from the Philippines. He was accepted as a poetry fellow for two national writers’ workshops and has spoken in two TEDx events (Cebu and Davao City). His op-ed articles can be found in Rappler, Scout, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, while his poems have appeared in several journals including Cha: an Asian Literary Journal (Hong Kong), and Likhaan: the journal of contemporary Philippine literature (Philippines).