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Sapay Koma

Jhoanna Lynn Cruz's short story "Sapay Koma" tells the story of a woman who sacrifices everything for love, including selling her beloved dog of two years. The story is told in the first person by the author and explores the depths of love and sacrifice one is willing to make. Cruz took third place in the 2008 Palanca Awards for the story. She is a professor of linguistics, literature and creative writing in the Philippines who holds two master's degrees and resides in Davao City with her two children.

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Sapay Koma

Jhoanna Lynn Cruz's short story "Sapay Koma" tells the story of a woman who sacrifices everything for love, including selling her beloved dog of two years. The story is told in the first person by the author and explores the depths of love and sacrifice one is willing to make. Cruz took third place in the 2008 Palanca Awards for the story. She is a professor of linguistics, literature and creative writing in the Philippines who holds two master's degrees and resides in Davao City with her two children.

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Nothing is Impossible in Love:

SAPAY KOMA
Sapay Koma

A LYNN B. CRUZ
AUTHOR: JHOANN

WHAT IS HER BOOK?


Jhoanna Lynn Cruz's "Sapay Koma"
is a work of nonfiction. It took third
place in the Essay in English
category at the Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for Literature in
2008.
When love hits us, we can't run away from it. But what if someone
never allows you to taste the magnificence of love? Would you allow
that to happen? Would you do it?
"Sapay Koma" is a narrative in which we realize that love exists and Who is SHE?
that every relationship has a story to tell. As I contemplate, I know
that love is all about sacrifice and making decisions. That choice She is a professor of linguistics,
should apply to everyone, and everyone should benefit from the literature, and creative writing
positive outcome. But most importantly, we must take care of at the University of the
ourselves and listen to what our hearts and minds are telling us. Philippines Mindanao's
Instead of thinking to give up, let's fight the things that is worth Department of Humanities. De
fighting for; and that thing is what we call "LOVE". La Salle University awarded her
a Master of Arts in Language
The plot revolves around the woman who gave her everything, and Literature and a Master of
including her best friend "Sapay Koma," a dog. She did nothing Fine Arts in Creative Writing,
but sell it; it had been her constant companion for two years. She both with honors. She is
sells it not for her own benefit, but for the benefit of others. And presently residing in Davao City
when the meat is delicate enough to eat, she takes a bite merely with her two children. Jhoanna
to show them her appreciation. But God knows how agonizing Lynn Cruz is the president of
and horrible she feels for doing this to her beloved Koma. the Davao Writers Guild and
the National Committee on
THE STORY IS TOLD IN THE FIRST PERSON BY THE AUTHOR. "I HAVE
Literary Arts' regional
ALWAYS LOVED TEACHING THE ARGUILLA NARRATIVE BECAUSE OF
ITS SUBVERSIVE TAKE ON THE ROLE THAT ONE'S FAMILY PLAYS IN A coordinator for Southern
MARRIAGE," FOR EXAMPLE, "BUT HAVING BEEN BORN AND REARED Mindanao.
IN PASAY CITY, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT PAPAYA FLOWERS SMELT
LIKE."

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