Conchitina R. Cruz is Professor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines Diliman. She received her PhD in English from State University of New York (SUNY) Albany.
The depth and clarity of these poems swallowed me whole, the darkness within and without made me scared and secured at the same time realizing and relishing poetry isn't all about seeking or longing for light but more so, comfortably settling behind it, in the dark.