10 Filipino Short Stories for Philipine Literature with themes

We studied ten short stories written by Filipino authors for our Philippine Literature course.
Here are the titles, their authors and themes.

1. Dead Stars - Paz Marquez Benitez

Theme: Memory and Illusion
 
2. The Bread of Salt - N.V.M. Gonzalez
Theme: Rite of Passage
 
3. Midsummer - Manuel Arguilla
Theme: Love at first sight
 
4. Magnificence - Estrella Alfon
Theme: Pedophilia
 
5. The Summer Solstice - Nick Joaquin
Theme: Battle of the sexes
 
6. Love in the Cornhusks - Aida Rivera -Ford
Theme: First love never dies
 
7. The Virgin - Kerima Polotan
Theme: It's better late than never
 
8. The Mats - Francisco Arcellana
Theme: Remembering the living & the dead
 
9. The Walk - Joy T. Dayrit
Theme: Marital angst
 
10. Generations - Ninotchka Rosca
Theme: Feudal, patriarchal & military oppression