Savage Mind

By Danton Remoto

Aug 04, 2022 12:10 am

SAVAGE Mind Bookshop was founded in 2018 by the Ateneo de Naga University Press deputy director, Kristian Sendon Cordero, to address the lack of a cultural hub in Naga City, Camarines Sur, in the Bicol Region.

The region is rich in natural resources but often visited by tropical cyclones. It has a high literacy rate of 90 percent, but no space where art and culture are discussed and exhibited. Since 2018, Savage Mind has become both a bookshop and cultural space, the only one in the region.

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