2 Luis H. 3 Francia http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4229858384_07f2606903_m.jpg Luis H. Francia is a poet, journalist, and nonfiction writer. His poetry books include <i>The Arctic Archipelago and Other Poems</i> and <i>Museum of Absences.</i> He is the author of <i>Memories of Overdevelopment: Reviews and Essays of Two Decades</i>; the editor of <i>Brown River, White Ocean: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Philippine Literature in English</i>; and co-editor, with Eric Gamalinda, of <i>Flippin’: Filipinos on America,</i> and of <i>Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999,</i> with Angel Velasco Shaw. <i>The Beauty of Ghosts,</i> poetry for the theater, premiered in 2007. He writes a monthly online column, “The Artist Abroad,” for Manila’s <i>Daily Inquirer.</i> Born and raised in Manila, he lives in New York City and teaches at New York University. 2009-12-31T00:10:09Z