About the Author

CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ, a native Chamorro from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam), co-edited three anthologies of Pacific literature and authored two other poetry books: from unincorporated territory [saina] (2010, PEN Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize recipient) and from unincorporated territory [guma'] (2014, American Book Award recipient). He holds an MFA from the U of San Francisco and a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley. He is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Hawai?i, Manoa.