Richell Isaiah Flores

Richell Isaiah Flores is a graduate student and a part-time lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.He writes on language, memory, and the city.

Creative

  • Flores, R.I. Forthcoming. "pasensya na Louise Glück, wala kaming hardin" ["apologies Louise Glück, we don't have a garden"]. Mga Nagwaging Tula, Pambansang Araw ng Pagtula 22 Nobyembre 2023.

  • Flores, R.I. Forthcoming. "sang-ayon sa teoryang bow-wow", "kung aling uri ng pakikibaka..." ["according to the bow-wow theory", "of what kind of dissent..."]. Heights 72(1).

  • Flores, R.I. 2023. "what prompts poetry", "gusto kong umibig", "Kung sakaling magkaroon ako ng jowang hindi Filipino", "Sa pamimintana" ["I want to love", "If ever I have a foreign lover", "By the window"]. Heights Seniors Folio 2023, 74–81.

  • Flores, R.I. 2023. dungaw: mga tula. Self-published.

  • Flores, R.I. 2023. "Sa Sasakyan Naranasan ang Lungsod". TALES: The 28th Ateneo Heights Workshop.

  • Flores, R.I. 2022. "/". Heights 70(1), 44.

  • Flores, R.I. 2021. "Babaylan", "Inahin sa San Diego", "Alimuom", "Manananggal sa philo class", "Tiktik, parasito" ["Babaylan", "Hen in San Diego", "Petrichor", "Manananggal in philosophy class", "Tiktik, parasite"]. DINIG: Palihang Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) Batch 36, 42–5.

  • Flores, R.I. 2020. "biyahe bago ang alas sais ng umaga" ["a trip before six in the morning"]. BUNGA: The 25th Ateneo Heights Writer's Workshop Culminating Zine, 29–30.

  • Flores, R.I. 2020. "Alimpungat" , "Sa Tabi ng Bintana, malapit sa Palaisdaan ng di kilálang Kababayan", ["Wakefulness", "Beside the Window, near the Fishpond of an unknown Neighbor"]. Heights 68(1), 9–10.

  • Flores, R.I. 2020. "maingay ang hatinggabi" ["midnight noise"]. Heights 67(2), 9–10.

  • Flores, R.I. 2019. "barter trade", "ukol sa mga pangyayari nitong hunyo" ["on what happened last june"], "xiv (2)". Heights 67(1), 72–6.

Critical

Reviews

Lectures

  • Flores, R. I. December 2023. "Sa Antipolo Nangungumpisal ang mga Makata: Ang Poetika ni Abner Dormiendo sa Sa Antipolo pa rin ang Antipolo" ["In Antipolo, Poets Confess: The Poetics of Abner Dormiendo in Sa Antipolo pa rin ang Antipolo"]. Book and author introduction at De La Salle University.

  • Flores, R.I. October 2023. "Katatagan bilang Filipinong panukala sa resilience: Ukol sa katatagan, o mas mainam, sa pag-asa" ["Katatagan as a Filipino notion of resilience: On resilience, or better, on hope"]. Lecture at Ateneo de Manila University.

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  • Flores, R.I. March 2023. "Pagbaling, Pananahan, at Pagkapalagay: Tungo sa Isang Filipinong Sipat at Pag-unawa sa Aversio at Conversio sa Confessiones ni San Agustin" ["Pagbaling, Pananahan, and Pagkapalagay: Towards a Filipino Understanding of Aversio and Conversio in Saint Augustine's Confessions"]. Examination paper on Discerning Life Questions 10, Ateneo de Manila University.

  • Flores, R.I. February 2023. "Ilang Talâ Ukol sa Wika ni Simone Weil at sa Negatibong Kilos" ["Some notes on the language of Simone Weil and on the Negative Act"]. Examination paper on Discerning Life Questions 10, Ateneo de Manila University.

Mathematics

  • Castillon, E., et al., Forthcoming. "What do Filipino children eat: Applying Market Basket Analysis on the Meals of School-aged Children in the Philippines".

Bionote

Nagtapos si Richell Isaiah Flores ng BS Applied Mathematics, menor sa Panitikang Filipino sa Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila, at kasalukuyang kumukuha ng Master in Data Science habang nagtuturo ng mga kurso sa matematika sa parehong pamantasan.Naging fellow siya ng 25th Ateneo Heights Writers' Workshop (AHWW) para sa Tula, 28th AHWW para sa Nonfiction, at Palihang LIRA 2021 (Batch DINIG).Noong 2023, natanggap niya ang Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts (LSAA) para sa Panulaan.Kasalukuyan siyang kasapi ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA).Nailathala ang kaniyang mga tula sa HEIGHTS, ang foliong pampanitikan ng Ateneo, at sa kaniyang mga chapbook na dungaw (2023). Naniniwala pa rin siyang Red Velvet - Psycho SOTY 2020. Taga-Paombong siya.

Richell Isaiah Flores is a graduate student and a part-time lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. He finished his bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Philippine Literature from the same university.He was a fellow of the 26th Ateneo Heights Writers' Workshop (AHWW) for Poetry, 28th AHWW for Nonfiction, and LIRA Workshop 2021 (Batch DINIG).In 2023, he received the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts (LSAA) for Poetry.He’s currently a member of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) [Center for Imagery, Rhetoric, and Form].His poetry have been published in HEIGHTS, Ateneo’s literary folio, and in his chapbook dungaw (2023).He still believes that Red Velvet - Psycho SOTY 2020. He's from Paombong.