Photo of Jose Maria Sison, taken during one of the military commission hearings in 1981.
It is the basis of the portrait used in the first edition of Prison and Beyond, the book of poems
which won for Sison the SEA Write Award in 1986.

1. Prof. Jose Maria Sison on Literature and Commitment

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1. Literature and Committment

2. On Jose Maria Sison as Poet

2. Selected Poems

1. The Guerrilla is Like a Poet
   Ang Gerilya ay Tulad ng Makata

2. Fragments
   Mga Piraso ng Bangungot

3. The Coming of the Rain

4. The Central Plains

5. Dew Drops And Red Rose

6. Sometimes, the Heart Yearns for Mangoes
   Minsa’y Sabik ang Puso sa Mangga

7. The Giant Oak

8. The Bladed Poem
   Ang Tulang May Talim

9. The Forest Is Still Enchanted
   Nakakabighani pa ang Gubat

10. In the Dark Depths

11. Papuri sa mga Martir

12. Ang Pagiging Bayani

13. Lagi Akong Kasama Ninyo

14. Ang Higanteng Roble

3. Critical Reviews

1. Beyond Autobiography, by Bienvenido Lumbera

2. Beyond Transcendence Toward Incarnation: The Poetry of Jose Maria Sison, by Prof. E. San Juan

3. Politics as Faith, by Alfredo Navarro Salanga

4. From Literature to Revolution, by Petronilo Bn. Daroy

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