| R. Zamora Linmark | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Filipino |
| Notable work(s) | Rolling the R’s - Novel Prime Time Apparitions - Poetry The Evolution of a Sigh - Poetry[1] |
R. Zamora Linmark, born in Manila, is a Filipino American poet, novelist, and playwright. He is educated in Honolulu, and,he has lived in Madrid and Tokyo. The recipient of a U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission and NEA fellowships and twice from the Fulbright Foundation, he has taught, as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in Creative Writing, at the University of Hawaii and University of Miami.[2]
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His first, a novel, Rolling the R's was released by Kaya Press in 1995. Linmark then went on to adapt it for the stage, receiving a world premiere production from Kumu Kahua in 2008.
Hanging Loose Press published two of Linmark's poetry collections: Prime Time Apparitions (2005) and The Evolution of a Sigh (2008). Of his first collection of poems, Prime Time Apparitions, poet Mark Doty wrote: "...witty and disenchanted, sexy and touched, jangled with longing and the crazed changes the wild new world works."[3] Both of his collections of poetry are available from Hanging Loose Press.
He currently divides his time between Manila and Honolulu.[4]