Tribute: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction (Edited by Timothy R. Montes and Cesar Ruiz Aquino)

Tribute: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction is a book featuring a collection of stories by various Filipino authors. Published by Anvil Publishing in 2001, the book is a memorial anthology for Edilberto K. Tiempo. Tiempo was born on August 5, 1913 and died on September 19, 1996. The anthology was edited by Timothy R. Montes and Cesar Ruiz Aquino. The anthology contains 23 stories.

1. A Tall Woman from Leyte by Gina Apostol
2. Stories by Cesar Ruiz Aquino
3. Chinita by Carlos Ojeda Aureus
4. Ireland by Erwin E. Castillo
5. Vietnik by Carlos Cortes
6. In the Garden by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
7. The Other End by Maria Victoria Kapauan
8. The Edge of Innocence by Susan S. Lara
9. The Axolotl Colony by Jaime An Lim
10. Rhapsody in Khaki by Raymond Llorca
11. Ghost by C.J. Maraan
12. Of Fish, Flies, Dogs, and Women by Timothy R. Montes
13. Bearer of Swords by Charlson Ong
14. Carpe Diem by Kerima Polotan
15. In Transit by Danton Remoto
16. The Chieftest Mourner by Aida Rivera-Ford
17. The Naming of My Child by Eileen Tabios
18. The Cargo by Anthony Tan
19. Abide, Joshua by Edith L. Tiempo
20. The Fruit of the Vine by Rowena Tiempo-Torrevillas
21.Suite Bergamasque by Bobby Flores Villasis
22. Valencia Drive: A Tribute to Dad by Ernesto Superal Yee
23. Big Street by Alfred A. Yuson

Preface

When Edilberto K, Tiempo died on September 19, 1996, many Filipino writers felt the passing of an old order. For more than 30 years, Dr. Tiempo had been sitting, Zeus-like, at the Silliman National Writers Summer Workshop, shooting bolts of lightning from his throne. Under the aegis of New Criticism, he enjoined young writers to take the writing craft seriously, to be more disciplined in their work, to exercise the labor of the file. Perhaps it was this obsession with "craft" that brought about a workshop finesse (or what disparaging critics consider "formalist self-consciousness") in the generation of writers from the '60s to the '90s. Indeed, even when one disregards Dr. Tiempo's novels, short story collections, and critical essays, his influence on Philippine writing through his teaching and literary admonitions in the workshops cannot be underestimated. The roster of Filipino fictionists who passed under the shadow of The Man reads like a who's who in Philippine contemporary literature. His commitment to and passion for literature was a source of inspiration to those who found it hard to imagine a "life of letters" in the Philippine setting. Here was a man who was able to convince students, lawyers, housewives, government workers, businessmen, bohemians - the ragtag of writers who flocked each year to the Silliman workshop - that the writing life, after the age of Samuel Johnson, was still worth living.