John Rey Dave Aquino
Writer + Teacher
John Rey Dave Aquino writes stories from the Philippines. His writing frequently surveys familial relations, queerness, childhood, his personal experiences, and critical reflections. His fiction has been published in different literary venues, including Katitikan: Literary Journal of the Philippine South, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, and Your Impossible Voice.He teaches language and literature courses at the University of the Philippines Baguio. His critical interests include Philippine literature, popular culture, representation, creative writing, language studies, and Filipino. He is pursuing his MA in Language and Literature at UP Baguio, where he earned his BA in Language and Literature.He was the Senior Office Assistant of Ugnayan ng Pahinungód Baguio, UP Baguio's volunteer service unit which implements programs, projects, and activities in underserved communities in Northern Luzon.He loves SEVENTEEN, and he is Vernon-biased.
Fiction
“Padre de Familia“ (2022). Your Impossible Voice 26. [Audio excerpt].
“Sampaguita” (2022). ALPAS Journal 5.
“In This Imagining” (2022). Headcanon Magazine.
“There is” & “There are four parts to a prayer” (2021). Novice Magazine: The Chastity Issue.
“A Boy, Inarticulate” (2021). Katitikan: Literary Journal of the Philippine South 4.
“Satisfactory” (2021). Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 20 (2).
“Blockade” (2020). The Literary Apprentice: Unnatural Disasters, UP Writers Club.
“Marbles” (2020). Anak Sastra 41.
“The Gift” & “Nightmare” (2020). Southeast Asian Fantasy Drabbles, BWWP Publishing.
“Naroon Siyang Nagkasala” (2020). Balintuna: Mga Kuwentong Kakatwâ, 7 Eyes Productions.
Sunset at Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Cebu
22 November 2022
Column
Riding The Wave (2021—), Headcanon Magazine
“The idol's visage: Image, distance, visual, and gaze” (2023), 24 September.
“The empires wave back” (2022), 14 June.
“Before we ride the wave, some notes” (2021), 15 August.
17th ANWW, Oracle Hotel, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City
7 June 2019
Workshops
Participant, Entrepreneurial Tools for Creative Writing (2021). International Writing Program, University of Iowa, October-December.
Fellow for Maikling Kuwento, 14th Palihang Rogelio Sicat (2021). Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas and Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, UP Diliman, 24-29 May.
Fellow for Fiction, 17th Ateneo National Writers Workshop (2019). Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices, Ateneo de Manila University, 3-8 June.
Features & Opinion
“James Balao: Writer, Activist, Desaparecido” (2018, co-written with N. Falcasantos). Outcrop 45 (2), September-October.
“Millenials: Move on? Never forget!” (2018). Northern Dispatch Weekly, 2 September.
“Bakit Madalas Mag-Ingles ang mga Pilipino?” (2017). Outcrop 44 (1), July-August.
“Igorotak latta (I remain an Igorot)” (2018). Philippine Daily Inquirer: Young Blood, 26 April.
“Under Fire: Eliminating the Philippine Press” (2016). Outcrop 43 Wallnews, November.
Payyew of Brgy. Maligcong, Bontoc, Mt. Province
4 April 2023
Courses Taught
As Instructor in Language and Literature:
Wika 1: Wika, Kultura at Lipunan. Pagsusuri sa ugnayan ng wika, kultura at lipunan. 3y.
PI 100: Ang Buhay at mga Akda ni Rizal. Pag-unawa at pagsusuri sa kabuluhan ng buhay ni Jose Rizal at relasyon ng kanyang mga akda at mga sulatin sa buhay at identidad ng isang Filipino sa ika-21 siglo. 3y.
BLL 116: Semantics. Introductory approaches to the study of meaning in English and Filipino. 3u. Team-taught with Friedrich Andres Aquino, Semester 2, AY 2023-24.
NSTP 1 & 2: National Service Training Program. Literacy Training Service, Facilitator.
Presentations
“Ang Katutubong Igorot Bilang Leading Man sa Panitikang Popular” (2024). Paper presented at Salindunong 2024: Ika-16 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Filipino, Panitikan, at Pananaliksik, Departamento ng Filipino at Ibang Mga Wika, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, 24-26 April.
“‘We’re Half-People:’ Elizabeth II as Queen and as Sovereign in The Crown" (2023). Paper presented at the Dieu et Mon Droit ('God and My Right'): Representations of the British Royal Family in Popular Culture Conference, Pop Culture Research Network, University of New England, 28-29 September.
Projects
“Igorots Onstage: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Analysis of Selected Philippine Protest Plays” (2019). Unpublished B.A. thesis, UP Baguio.
Academic Papers
"Matapos ang Eksena, Anong Mangyayari sa Ekstra?: Ang Pelikulang Ekstra (2013) Bilang Tekstong Popular sa Ilalim ng Tradisyon ng Realismo" (2023). Critical paper in MLL 230: Cultural Criticism.
“Ang Ilusyon ng Malayang Edukasyon: Isang Marxistang Pagbasa sa ‘Utos ng Hari’ ni Jun Cruz Reyes” (2022). Critical paper in MLL 210: Contemporary Literary Theories and Critical Analysis.