Alton Melvar M. Dapanas (they/them), Asymptote’s Philippine editor-at-large, has contributed to Modern Poetry in Translation, Oxford Anthology of Translation, Rusted Radishes, Tolka, and Reliquiae.
Earlier today, as our car was on queue along the Saudi–Bahrain causeway, he turned down the stereo volume for a moment.
“What will happen to this Filipini?” The Mary Jane Veloso trial was broadcasted…