Review of 'Amity' by Urmi Chanda
"Rayji de Guia’s painful poem War forces us to confront how women in war zones face even worse fates."
Review of 'Tingle’, ‘Wildfire’, and ‘Pics or It Didn’t Happen’ by Lakan Umali
"The collection opens with Rayji de Guia’s 'Here Come the Women,' a sly and subversive feminist retelling of Nick Joaquin’s 'The Summer Solstice.'"
GlobalGRACE Teaching Philippine Queer Literature: Queerness and Mythology by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
"'Here Come the Women' not just re-visions the Tadtarin myth by using it in her story, [Rayji de Guia] also queers the narrative. So queering the narrative achieves the feminist project more successfully."
Review of 'What could have been water' by Carl Cervantes in Cartellino
"... de Guia’s zine awakens to a fine morning. Gossamer curtains and pastel skirts sway in the fragrant warm breeze as fingers touch."
Let's Go, Lesbians!
A round table discussion and virtual book launch for Tingle: Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing
Teaching Philippine Queer Literature
A teaching module on Philippine queer literature which includes a reading on how to discuss "Here Come the Women".
BookTalk: Ang Lihim ng Nakasimangot na Maskara with Rogelio Braga and Rayji de Guia
Review of the short stories with GlobalGRACE-UP by Jaya Jacobo
"De Guia’s piece ... shows us the prosaic possibilities of depicting women according to the terms women have laid out for themselves to be seen seeing each other," writes Jaya Jacobo.
"56 writers bag 2019 Palanca awards" in Philippine Inquirer
“Death for Serafina” wins second prize for the English short story.
Writing the Provincial
A fiction lecture delivered at the 2nd Cavite Young Writers Workshop.
2019 Gémino H Abad Awards
Winners and finalists read from their works at the awards ceremony of the 2019 Gémino H Abad Awards for Poetry and for Literary Criticism
"2019 Gémino H Abad Awards winners and finalists" in University of the Philippines OVPAA Website
'Neither nothing nor forgotten' wins grand prize for poetry.
Review of "Spatial People" by H. Bentham
"Storytelling: Interview with Rayji de Guia" by Dhiyanah H
"I’m a natural gossip, and I put most of those in writing, if not shared with friends."
Review of "Ang Lihim ng Nakasimangot na Maskara" by Zeny May Recidoro in BusinessWorld
"Rayji de Guia’s monochromatic, high‑contrast illustrations captures the personalities of each character and place in the novel, complements the narrative and highlights important turns in the story."
Review of 'What could have been water' by The Time of Assassins Literary Guild
"Please let it be water."
"Hooked on books" in The New Indian Express
"The international writers we have are Allison Amend and Prince Shakur from the US and Rayji de Guia from the Philippines. This year, Lekhana is also very intimate and will take place at the residency space The Jamun and Bangalore’s new bookstore, Champaca. It will be a small but vibrant weekend."
Review of "The Manananggal of Mayabo" by The Time of Assassins Literary Guild
Review of "Death for Serafina" by John Doyle of Ficticities
"It’s the neat one who dies first, not the sloppy one."
