Genaro gojo cruz biography

Award-winning author Genaro Gojo Cruz is the writer behind Lampara Books' sold out children's storybook Ako ay May Titi.
Genaro R. Gojo Cruz grew up in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
Si Genaro R. Gojo Cruz ay nagtapos ng kursong BSE Major in Social Science sa Philippine Normal University at ng Masters major in Philippine Studies sa De La.

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CONVERSATIONS: GENARO GOJO CRUZ ON OPENING PROGRESSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH HIS BEST-SELLING CHILDREN’S BOOK, “AKO AY MAY TITI”

Titi, bayag, pepe, suso—if these words trigger you, then you ought to immerse in our discussion about normalizing the use of these words in conversing with kids. After all, as older and wiser citizens, we hold responsibility in training up children in the way they should go.

Award-winning author Genaro Gojo Cruz is the writer behind Lampara Books’ sold out children’s storybook Ako ay May Titi. The book has been widely-talked about because in a predominantly conservative country like ours, it’s mostly considered a taboo to talk about sexual body parts in front of children. By segueing the discussion of these sexual organs or even blurring and filtering out these words, children can get lost in translation. At worse, they develop a malicious connotation at the back of their heads.

And that’s exactly why it’s essential to unpack the value of normalizing these conservative body parts. Getting them exposed to the mundanity of these words

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Ang Aking Photo Album (My Photo Album) by Genaro R. Gojo Cruz: A Book Review

If you are a Filipino born in the 1990’s, you must be very familiar with our fondness of creating photo albums. We Filipinos love taking pictures. As a matter of fact, when I was young, I was also into this hobby. I would get the negative films I borrowed from my friends developed to put them in a photo album, decorated with beautiful designs and captions. However, this hobby is now falling out of fashion since we are in an ultramodern era when everyone can take “selfies” and“groupies” and at the same time post them in different social media. I guess only those maudlin people still tend to get into this avocation. Besides, photos can be destroyed now when they are not protected well. In our language, we call such condition “ damaged by virus”.

Like in the story, a young boy creates his own photo album. ( It sounds like the boy is feminine, doesn’t it? But I don’t give a damn on it! )

The boy misses both his parents a lot. Both his parents work abroad. His mother is an English teach

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Makinang Makina by Genaro Gojo Cruz : A Book Review

When I see an antique sewing machine, the only idea that reminds me of is late great-grandmother, Lilang Tisay .She used to be our neighbor when we still lived in a countryside. Every afternoon, I would always visit her in their palatial leaning-to watching her sew some cloth.(I didn’t know what she was doing then. She may have made some rags.) But I was mesmerized by her adeptness at operating that noisy machine. I even wondered whether she could be impaled with the needle or not if she didn’t focus on it.As a matter of fact, that machine became more historical when she made me a doll out of the cloth leavings because my mother could not bring herself to buy me one. That was the first doll I had ever played, unaware of my sexual orientation. I tend to smile to myself whenever I remember this. I wonder how I lost that doll and whether her family still keeps that machine.

Recently, Genaro Gojo Cruz, the author of this book, won PBBY-Salanga Prize for this Filipino children story, Makinang M