Virgilio Almario signs UP President Emerlinda Roman's copy of the book Ang Huling Hudhod ng Sanlibong Pagbabalikat Paglimot Para sa Filipinas kong Mahal

National Artist for Literature, Virgilio Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma), today launched his latest book, Ang Huling Hudhod ng Sanlibong Pagbabalikat Paglimot Para sa Filipinas kong Mahal (The Last Hudhud: A Thousand Songs of Forgetting & Returning to the Philippines, Land of My Heart) at the newly opened C & E Information and Resource Center along Quezon Avenue, Quezon City.

Edited by Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., the book is a modern epic about Almario’s travels in the country from 2006 to 2007. Containing 188 pages and available in hard cover and paper back, it is the culmination of the authors extensive research about Philippine legends, history, and current events.

Copies of 'Ang Huling Hudhud' on display

Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist for Literature