Decimal Places: Poems by Ricardo M. De Ungria (Out of Print)

A first experience of America is at the heart of this collection. In 1987, on a Fulbright grant, the author traveled to America to study at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, for his M.F.A. Creative Writing. He stayed there for three years meeting people and making friends, travelling whenever he could, and cultivating the peripatetic and peregrine in himself, and gathering a rich hoard of experiences that found expression not only in this book but also in his subsequent books. This is one Filipino native's first flush of excitement at being in the land of his neighbors' dreams, and the experiences left an indelible mark on his impressionable spirit.

About the Author
Ricardo M. de Ungria earned his A.B. Literature from the De La Salle University, and later obtained an M.F.A. in the Creative Arts from the Washington University in Missouri, U.S.A in 1990. He is a founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL). For his poetry, he has received recognition from all over the world. Not only has he been a Fellow at Fulbright, Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, Bellagio Study & Conference Center, and Washington University, but he has also gathered awards like the Academy of American Poets Prize. Similar achievements include nods from the Saint Louis Poetry Annual Contest, Florida State University's State Street Poetry Contest, Manila Critics' Circle, Palanca, CCP Verse-Writing Contest, and the Free Press.
A Philippine import.

Item Weight : 1.74 pounds
Paperback : 121 pages
ISBN-10 : 971542449-X
ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-542449-3
Publisher : THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESS (January 1, 2004)
Language: : English