Ano Ba Zine
Founder & Editor
Created as a safe space for Filipinx American artists and creatives, Ano Ba served as an outlet for communal celebration and grief. Philip’s role as editor and founder centered on strategizing brand identity, creating content (planning, structuring, and writing content), recruiting talent, and curating compelling storytelling.
The magazine debuted at MoMA PS1 NY Art Book Fair, Press Play Fair at Pioneer Works, Brown Paper Zine & Small Press Fair at Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), and currently archived at the Pilipinx American Library (PAL).
Notable contributors include:
Jovelle Tamayo, photographer, recognized by Time for Best Portraits of 2022 and best photojournalism in 2020
Playwright Roger Q. Mason, recipient of the 2020 Chuck Rowland Pioneer Award
Jan-Henry Gray, winner of the Academy of American Poets BOA Editions’ A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, for his book Documents (2018); recipient of the inagural Undocupoets Fellowship, the 2014 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award; and a 2016 University & College Poetry Prize
Lauded poet Eileen Tabios, recipient of the Philippines’ National Book Award for Poetry for Beyond Life Sentences (1998)
