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My Story
Behind the Words
Outward and Inward: The poetry of Patria Rivera
By Marites Sison
September 2, 2020
Laughter surprisingly comes easy for Patria “Patty” Rivera, the pre-eminent poet of Filipino descent in Canada, whose literary work do not exactly shy away from pathos, chaos, and the dark underbelly of life.
She laughs when asked about why she writes poetry, how she writes poetry, and whether she has written “the” poem.
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