Press

Sampaguita Press is proud and honored to share various author spotlights since the publication of their titles in our catalogue. Below are some of the community spaces where our authors, their work, and their Sampaguita Press titles have been featured, with showcased photos enclosed.

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Maria Bolaños

• “Poetry as Prayer in the Diaspora,” a review of SANA by Elsa Valmidiano, from South 85 Journal
• “Maria Bolaños Reclaims Filipino Folklore and Mythology in Her Poetry Collection SANA,” a review by Nathalie De Los Santos, from PilipinxPages
• “Episode 166 Maria Bolaños,” an interview aired on KTUH.org, 90.1FM Honolulu, 91.1 North Shore, and channel 866 on Spectrum Digital Cable, from It’s Lit with PhDJ & Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng

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Butch Schwarzkopf 

• “Pagong Cannot Climb Trees as What We’re Reading feature of 2024” by Adara Enthaler, from Writing NSW (Australia)
• “Poetry prescriptions arrive at Kiama Farmers’ Market in time for Valentine’s Day: Feature Butch Schwarzkopf,” by Kellie O’Brien, from Region Illawarra Locally Grown (Australia)

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Christian Aldana

• “On Organizing, The Water We Swim In, and Making It Happen,” an interview by Shivani Kumar, from Sixty Inches From Center
• “The Water We Swim In” from Sunday Jump

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David Maduli

• David Maduli’s featured poem, “alameda point,” originally published in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets
• David Maduli’s poem, “St. Mary’s Park (Tempo rubato),” featured on KALW

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Lorenz Mazon Dumuk

• Lorenz Mazon Dumuk’s poem, “everyday I become egg,” featured on KALW

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Keana Aguila Labra 

• The Language of Unbreaking listed as one of 2025 Forthcoming Poetry Books by Queer People of Color, from Shade Literary Arts
• The Language of Unbreaking listed as one of Notable Debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors in 2025, from Chicago Review of Books

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Arlene Biala 

• Arlene Biala’s poem, “to hide from the soldiers at night,” was featured on KALW
• Arlene Biala performing for Beautiful Black Books presenting Tiny Room Poetry Series November 2025, Poetry Center San José

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Rina Garcia Chua 

• Excerpts from A Geography of (Un)Natural Hazards featured in Poetry in Canada (Canada)
• Episode 44 Featuring MALL-LIT alum, Dr. Rina Garcia Chua, from De La Salle University’s Lit in a Minute (Philippines)