Norman Wilwayco

Norman Wilwayco is an award-winning author who has published five books. These are “Mondomanila,” “Responde,” “Gerilya,” “Rekta,” and his most recent, “Migrantik.” His novels “Mondo” and “Gerilya” have won the Grand Prize for Literature in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. He’s also a meme master who covers a range of topics, from politics to pop culture, on his official Facebook page.

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