“Across nearly thirty pieces, Villanueva composes a secret history of the Philippines, not factual but emotional. A history told through the bodies of children, daughters, outcasts, half-mutants, half-mermaids, abused girls, vanished mothers, neglected sons.”
— Anaïs Godard, of Calyx Press

“In Residents of the Deep, Marianne Villanueva traverses the depths and heights of a rich, fevered, and highly original imagination. We meet fantastical beings — by turns charming and nightmarish — who, when examined unsparingly, turn out to be versions of ourselves.”
— Luis Francia, Poet, Playwright and Author of Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago

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