The book provides a critical framework with which to view Mindanaoan literature. By way of interview, it presents the writers’ personal backgrounds, their influences and creative processes. The rich information in these conversations complements the introduction which critiques the unbalanced cultural and literary development in the Philippines in the light of the center-region discourse. The writers interviewed are: Leoncio Deriada, Noralyn Mustafa, Jaime An Lim, Christine Godinez-Ortega, Calbi Asain, Lia Lopez-Chua, Telesforo Sungkit Jr, and Almayrah Tiburon.