"A joint project of Likhaan : U.P. Creative Writing Center and University of the Philippines Press."

Includes bibliographical references.

Poetry: The capture (Ramon C. Bautista) -- After sixteen years (Herminio S. Beltran, Jr.) -- Hugging the shore (Jose Wendell P. Capili) -- Scrabble (Miguel Paolo Celestial) -- Musee d'Orsay (Miguel Paolo Celestial) -- Sagada (Carlomar Arcangel Daoana) -- Love in Guatemala (Carlomar Arcangel Daoana) -- Afternoon with young writer and a cup of coffee (Ricardo M. de Ungria) -- Whirlwind Romance (Ruel S. De Vera) -- Testing the waters (Ophelia A. Dimalanta) -- On a lady writing a letter by Vermeer (Ophelia A. Dimalanta) -- Malinche (For Courtney) (J. Neil C. Garcia) -- Alejandro (Raymund Magno Garlitos) -- 280 and more (Ramil Digal Gulle) -- It nearly always rains when we say goodbye (Rami Digal Gulle) -- Collapsing space (Sid Gomez Hildawa) -- Rings (Luisa Igloria) -- Goldwasser (Luisa Igloria) -- When we first (Luisa Igloria) -- Autumn in Michigan (Mookie Katigbak) -- Honda bay (Marne L. Kilates) -- Learning (John Labella) -- Pusher (Paolo Manalo) -- Small deaths (Arvin A. Mangohig) -- Report (Paolo Mangohig) -- La niña blues (Grace R. Monte de Ramos) -- Early morning crossword poem (Ericks Pazcoguin) -- Surface tension (Allan Popa) -- Cocoon (Danilo Francisco Reyes) -- Affection (DM. Reyes) -- The stranger (DM. Reyes) -- To someone who has never been caught (Edgar Calabia Samar) -- A Cyrenaic on Bantayan Island, Cebu (Anthony L. Tan) -- Stillborn (Doris Trinidad) -- The city (Charlie Samuya Veric) -- Love stories from the Islands (Alfred Yuson) -- Pillage (Alfred Yuson) -- Under the care of Tyrants (Alfred Yuson) -- The Atelier of Journalism (Joselito Zulueta)

Fiction: Sweet Summer (Cyan Abad) -- Why aren't you with someone? (S.B. Alojamiento) -- To the hills (Merlinda Bobis) -- Time and wandering markers (Linda Ty Casper) -- Some families, very large (Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.) -- Gragonseed (Leoncio P. Deriada) -- Silver (Celeste Flores) -- Alma (Maria L. M. Fres-Felix) -- Kitty and Vergil (J. Neil C. Garcia) -- White elephants (Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta) -- The folly parade (Joe Bert G. Lazarte) -- The death of fray Savador Montano, Conquistador of Negris (Rosario Cruz Lucero) -- Stealing a child (Reine Arcache Melvin) -- Paella (Norma Miraflor) -- Days of Darkness, white nights (Charlson Ong) -- Gizzard boy (Menchu Aquino SArmiento) -- Jungle planet (Lakambini A. Sitoy) -- The tale of Tonyo the brave (Aleah Taboclaon) -- Lavender (Socorro Villanueva) -- Intersection (April Timbol Yap)