Gémino Abad (Department of English) Gémino H. Abad, University Professor emeritus of literature and creative writing in up, is a poet, fictionist, and literary critic and historian, with various honors and awards. He continues to teach at up and serve in the board of advisers in the up Institute of Creative Writing. Cyan Abad-Jugo (Department of English) Cyan Abad-Jugo took her master’s in Children’s Literature at Simmons College, Boston, and her PhD in English Studies: Creative Writing and Anglo-American Literature at up Diliman. Her books include: Father and Daughter (with Gémino Abad), Sweet Summer and Other Stories, Leaf and Shadow, and Salingkit: A 1986 Diary. Recently she edited an anthology for young adults called Friend Zones (Ateneo Press 2016) and wrote four chapter books for children: Yaya Maya and the White King, The Earth-Healers, Letters From Crispin, and The Looking-Glass Tree (Anvil 2016). She teaches Literature, Great Books, and Creative Writing at the Ateneo de Manila University. Eunice Nicole Arevalo (4 BS Psychology) Psych student. Wandering soul. Missing Seoul (Gonzaga dorm, A818). A list: One minute snowfall. Iced coffee in the winter. Three flights of stairs up to a basement floor. Fruit vinegar drinking games. Abandoned amusement parks on the city outskirts. Soju-fueled walks in the dead of night. Chasing after sunrise on the wrong side of the coast. Never regret adventure.
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