Luis H. Francia is a poet, journalist, and nonfiction writer. His semiautobiographical account of growing up in the Philippines, Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago, won both the 2002 PEN Open Book and the 2002 Asian American Writers literary awards.
Adjunct Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies Ateneo de Manila University, B.A. (cum laude), Humanities
Areas of Research/Interest: Aside from literature and its creation, I have an ongoing fascination and interest in historical processes and their continuing relevance to our lives.
Select Publications:
editPoetry
editMuseum of Absences (Meritage Press, 2004)
The Arctic Archipelago and Other Poems (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992)
Nonfiction
editMemories of Overdevelopment: Reviews and Essays of Two Decades (Anvil Publishing, 1998)
Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago (Kaya Press, 2001) - Winner of the PEN Open Book and the Asian American Writers Workshop Literary awards.
Edited Anthologies
editBrown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Philippine Literature in English (Rutgers University Press, 1993)
Flippin': Filipinos on America with Eric Gamalinda (Asian American Writers Workshop, 1996)
Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999 with Angel Shaw (New York University Press, 2002)
Plays
editThe Beauty of Ghosts - a suite of poems in five distinct voices, centered on the Filipino immigrant experience to the United States (Topaz Arts, 2007).
Performance with the musical duo Electric Kulintang (upcoming at Joe's Pub October, 2008)