Conchitina Cruz teaches creative writing and literature at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. A recipient of Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundation grants, she is the author of Disappear (High Chair, 2004), Dark Hours (UP Press, 2005), elsewhere held and lingered (High Chair, 2008), Two or Three Things about Desire (The Chinese University Press, 2013), and (together with Adam David and Delilah Aguilar) A Catalogue of Clothes for Sale from the Closet of Christine Abella–perpetual student, ukay fan, and compulsive traveler (Youth and Beauty Brigade, 2012). Her work has most recently appeared in Diagram, Salt Hill, Cordite Poetry Review, and The Offending Adam. She is currently pursuing a PhD in English at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
hi chingbee. pa-link, ha. 🙂
hello, minggoy! i am a dog with no blog.
dear ma’am c, i don’t know if you’ve seen this, but it reminded me of minggoy http://www.lorenzothecat.com/index.html
Haha, what a funny cat! Am thinking of getting Minggoy an outfit for his tenth birthday. Maybe a barong?
wow your cat’s turning 10! a barong would be cool, i just don’t know if your cat would like it. few cats seem to like clothes (or even collars!)
Hi,
I was just wondering where can I buy copies of your books? Too bad I only discovered you just now. The only thing I can get online is your latest book. 😦
A kid from the other side of the coast,
Dj
Hi Dj, Thanks for getting in touch! My book out of UP Press (Dark Hours) is out of print, but I hear there are a few copies at the UP Press Bookstore (the only way to get a hold of copies is to go there, though). You can try emailing highchairorders@gmail.com for a copy of elsewhere held and lingered.
I just got word from Columbia University Press, which distributes for The Chinese University Press in North America. They’re offering my chapbook (Two or Three Things about Desire) as well as the anthology and boxed set of chapbooks from the Hong Kong poetry festival I attended last year at 30% off. Let me just copy the message I got in case you have use for it:
The coupon code for both the anthology and 18 volume chapbook box set is: ISLBEI, and the links are:
Islands or Continents: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013 (anthology)
http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-962-996-604-1/islands-or-continents
Islands or Continents: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013 (eighteen-volume box set)
http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-962-996-605-8/islands-or-continents
The coupon code for Two or Three Things About Desire is: TWOCRU, and the link is:
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-962-996-613-3/two-or-three-things-about-desire
I hope this helps!
Hi! I wish to invite you to our class, I was the shy teacher who approached you during Ayer’s book launch. Where can I send an invitation letter? Thank you!