The Balikbayan Artist

About the Author

Eileen R. Tabios has released over 70 collections of poetry, fiction, art, essays, and experimental writings from publishers around the world. Translated into 13 languages, she also has edited, co-edited or conceptualized 15 anthologies which has involved hundreds of other poets and writers. Recent releases include an autobiography, THE INVENTOR; a poetry collection Because I Love You, I Become War; an art monograph, Drawing the Six Directions; a flash fiction collection (in collaboration with harry k stammer), Getting To One; a novel DoveLion- A Fairy Tale for Our Times (with a Filipino translation, KalapatingLeon, by Danton Remoto); two French books, PRISES (Double Take) (trans. Fanny Garin) and La Vie erotique de l'art (trans. Samuel Rochery); and a Spanish edition, Uno, dos, tres- Selecci n de Hay(na)kus (One, Two, Three- Selected Hay(na)ku Poems) (trans. Rebeka Lembo). Her body of work further includes a first poetry book, Beyond Life Sentences, which received the Philippines' National Book Award for Poetry, as well as invention of the hay(na)ku, a 21st century diasporic poetic form; the MDR Poetry Generator that can create poems totaling theoretical infinity; the "Flooid" poetry form that's rooted in a good deed; and the monobon poetry form based on the monostich. Her writing and editing works have received recognition through awards, grants and residencies. More information is at http-//eileenrtabios.com