Editorial: Issue One
Cholo Mercado
It is here. This is the first issue of The New Dentists’ online literary journal. Times have been rough and we are six months overdue—but here it is. The site is still somewhat of a mess, but things will get better. Thank you again, writers, for submitting your work. I cannot just let works like these go to waste! And thank you for those who’ve helped us along the way.
Since we’re here, if you want to contribute, please feel free to send your submissions to thenewdentists@gmail.com. Include information about yourself. The editors and I will deliberate on it as soon as we can.
My pessimism may have gotten the best of me a few months back, but despite that, here it is. These are the works of ordinary Filipinos with extraordinary hearts who chose words to express themselves. I have longed to show you their sentiments, their experiences, and here they are. I wish I can continue to do this. And so I do ask of you: please reblog this and let the message spread. Contribute. Comment. Join us.
Contact us at thenewdentists@gmail.com
Any help is welcome.
Further, we would like to acknowledge the support of the following: Aldrin Calimlim, Ali Ramirez, Patrick Vinalay, Thomas Co and Carlos Malvar—without them this project would have been a magical sort of impossible.
