Sheryl S. Raros

Sponsors

The author would like to acknowledge the following:

Balay Kalinaw Branch in UP Diliman, Quezon City

and

Katipunan Branch for carrying stocks of my 2nd book shortly after its first book tour;

The University of the Philippines Los Baños: Department of Humanities for their overwhelming support and appreciation…notably the UPLB Humanities Department Chairman Jerry R. Yapo, thesis critics: Prof. Dulcinea Laforteza and Dr. Remedios Miciano; instructress and mistress of book launch ceremonies: Ara Zaldivia; Irma Lacorte for the artwork during the book launch event; and Sir Dennis Gupa together with the performance artists from his community theater class;

 

 

Sheryl Raros also acknowledges the Upsilon Sigma Phi (Los Baños Chapter) for sponsoring her 2nd book’s first launch at UPLB together with the UPLB Trantados Triathlethes (SWIM-BIKE-RUN) who made history with a bike run for the book prior to the ceremonial launch;

 

          

    

Sheryl also thanks the publisher of her first book of poetry, Manila Critics Circle Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in Publishing: Gloria F. Rodriguez, the publisher of 

 

For those who want to read samples of the author’s books with a cup of coffee, you are welcome to unwind at Boston Cafe Robinson’s Branch at Los Baños, Laguna. Request to browse book/s from the bartender or manager.

 

For those who want to browse the author’s earlier work as a UPLB undergraduate student, the University of the Philippines at Los Baños main library has a copy of “The Beginnings of Conversation: A Collection of Poetry from the Early Years (1992-1997)”, a thesis which won the 1st medal of its kind as awarded by the Humanities Department at UP Los Baños on April 1998.

 

The author would also like to name her contributing photographers and illustrators for Red Coffee and Heartbeat City:

Wilford Almoro

Kidlat de Guia

Olivia Cantor

William “Bill” Sta Clara

Eliza Pugeda

Medora Nimfa Quirante

Ralph Lawrence A. Manga

Jordan Arabejo

Aileen F. Macalintal

Albert Christian Sese Suñer 

Jillaine Lanuza

 

On a more personal note, the author would like to thank:

God, The Almighty Author…
Her immediate family and relatives…
Her friends, readers, and even her critics…
Her brothers and sisters in the Church of Christ…
and Freelancer Pilipinas for developing this website…