1002721_10151511429952717_2033367287_nConchitina Cruz teaches creative writing and literature at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She is the author of Dark Hours (UP Press, 2005/the Youth & Beauty Brigade, 2014), elsewhere held and lingered (High Chair, 2008), and There is no emergency (the Youth & Beauty Brigade, 2015). She received her PhD in English from State University of New York (SUNY) Albany. She co-organizes the small press/DIY expo Better Living Through Xeroxography (BLTX).