The book Made of Saltwater speaks of queerness in all its anger, 

sweetness, and sorrow. It is a collection of queer poetry 

and is divided into two parts-- The Bruising and The Loving. 

The book attempts to explore the colonial and imperial trauma 

which have largely contributed to the intergenerational, 

gender-based violence experienced by women and queer people 

(mostly those who hail from Eastern Visayas), 

and in the process, it celebrates the smallest of victories , 

such as finding love, finding redemption, 

and finding one’s self amidst the chaos and the ache.