Sands and Coral (2002 Issue): FutureShock (Prose) — An Anthology of Young Writers and New Literatures

Established in 1948, Sands & Coral is the highly esteemed, historic student literary annual of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines—widely known as the oldest student literary journal in the country. This specific 2002 volume, subtitled "FutureShock: Prose," marks a pivotal generational shift in the journal's history. Conceptualized following internal academic debates over the trajectory of modern Philippine letters , the collection deliberately highlights an emerging crop of young urban, cosmopolitan writers, contrasting their post-modern realities with the traditional agrarian themes of their canonical predecessors like Edith and Edilberto Tiempo. Edited by Ian Rosales Casocot, the volume functions as an artifact charting the transformation of Philippine creative writing in English at the dawn of the new millennium , exploring how pop culture, globalized spaces, and consumerist themes reshape the national literary tradition.

The book is considered valuable. It is advised that researchers use digital copy rather than physical books for preservation purposes.

Author/Creator: Edited by Ian Rosales Casocot; with an Afterword by Timothy R. Montes. Advisers: Cesar Ruiz Aquino and Ceres Pioquinto.

Published by the Department of English and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences, Silliman University.