ARGUELLES, MESANDEL V.
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Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles’s works and interests encompass books, conceptual writing, translation, film and video, installation, found object, and text-based experimentation. His erasure projects continue to explore and expand on the concepts of, among others, time and memory, language and loss, identity and anonymity, and sex and intimacy. A recipient of multiple national awards and fellowships in the Philippines, Arguelles is the author of 19 books of and about poetry, and a co-editor of hal., a journal of new writing in Filipino. He teaches literature and creative writing at the De La Salle University in Manila.