Sipat Kultura: Tungo sa Mapagpalayang Pagbabasa, Pag-aaral at Pagtuturo ng Panitikan

Seemingly unrelated matters are presented and  given coherence and relationship in this book: epic heroes and heroines as well as OCWs (overseas contract workers), literary oral and urban legends, romanticism and war, diaspora and grief, and others.

Published in 2007. Winner, 2007 National Book Awards, for Best Book of Literary Criticism.