Eric Gamalinda's book of poems Zero Gravity was recently published by Alice James Books as its New York/New England Selection. A manuscript of a novel, My Sad Republic, was awarded the Philippine Centennial Prize last year. He is also co-editor of an anthology, Flippin': Filipinos on America. He was Visiting Creative Writer at UH Manoa for fall of 1999. Born and raised in Manila, he lives in New York City and teaches at the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Department of New York University.