Dr. Luisa A. Igloria, Associate Professor, Creative Writing
(previously published as Maria Luisa A. Cariño)
Teaching
- Creative Writing (Poetry, Nonfiction)
- Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
- Filipino American & Philippine Literature
- Asian American Literature
- Postcolonial & Diasporic Literature
- Women Writers
- The Short Story
Research Areas
- Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
- Filipino American & Philippine Literature
- Asian American Literature
- Postcolonial & Diasporic Literature
- Women Writers
- The Short Story
Recent Publications
Single-authored books:
CORDILLERA TALES (New Day, 1990); 1991 National Book Award (Philippines)
CARTOGRAPHY (Anvil, 1992); 1993 National Book Award for Poetry (Philippines)
ENCANTO (Anvil, 1993); 1994 National Book Award for Poetry (Philippines)
IN THE GARDEN OF THE THREE ISLANDS (Moyer Bell/Asphodel, 1995)
BLOOD SACRIFICE
(University of the Philippines Press, 1997); 1998 National Book Award for Poetry
SONGS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM
(De La Salle University Press, 1997); Finalist, 1998 National Book
Award for Poetry (Philippines)
TRILL & MORDENT
(In press; WordTech Editions, release date fall 2005);
Runner-up, 2004 Editions Prize
Edited Anthologies/collections:
TURNINGS: WRITING ON WOMEN'S TRANSFORMATIONS,
co-edited with Renee Olander
(Friends of Women's Studies at Old Dominion University, March 2000)
NOT HOME, BUT HERE: WRITING FROM THE FILIPINO DIASPORA,
central editor (Anvil, 2003)
Book Chapters:
"Mountain Magic",
in Kasaysayan (a 10-volume Cultural History of the Philippines;
Manila, April 1997)
"Views of War and Citizenship Between Two Shores",
in To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11,
ed. Marjorie Agosin and Betty Jean Craige
(Human Rights Series, White Pine Press, 2002)
"Some Poems I Love",
in Seven Times Ten: World Poetry Choices by Seven Filipino Poets,
ed. Alfred A. Yuson
(Libris Books, 2003)