Dr. Luisa A. Igloria, Associate Professor, Creative Writing 

(previously published as Maria Luisa A. Cariño)

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago M.A. Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines B.A. University of the Philippines College Baguio 4047 Batten Arts & Letters 757-683-3929 ligloria <AT> odu.edu http://www.freewebs.com/thepoetslizard http://www.lib.odu.edu/litfest/27th/

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)