"Wherever we Filipinas/os, as so-called citizens of the world, find ourselves, another thing is clear:
Poetry remains in our blood."

--Allan G. Aquino, from the "In Our Blood" liner notes

Has there ever been a single symbol to define the Filipina/o? Cliches may come to mind, the funniest thing being that many Filipinas/os, especially those in America, have neither seen a carabao in real life nor danced the Tinikling. It seems that Filipinas/os are always in a state of negotiating who and what they are, as if their collective substance is based on a never-ending quest for definitions based on their own terms...

...Our poetry celebrates collective and individual struggles, visions, joys and tragedies; in short, every facet of our daily lives as Filipina/o Angelenas/os.
Let this CD project be a kind of beginning - a single but determined step toward definitions of who we are, on our own terms.

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Featuring:
Kiwi / Napoleon Lustre / Faith Santilla / Alfie Ebojo / Irene Suico Soriano / Edren Sumagaysay / Cheryl Deptowicz / Jose "Flipchild" Saenz / Dorian Sanae Merina / Marjorie Light / Aquilina Soriano / Alison De La Cruz / Allan Aquino / Rebecca Baroma / Jenny San Angel

Music By:
Rudy Mangual / Ashkan Tabrizi / Gertie Meza / Herman Eng / Kiwi

Produced By:
LA ENKANTO