Eugene Gloria is the author of four books of poems— Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin Random House, 2019), winner of an Indiana Authors Award; My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006), and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (Penguin, 2000), a National Poetry Series selection and recipient of the Asian American Literary Award. His honors include a Fulbright Research Grant, a Pushcart Prize, a Poetry Society of America Award, and a Fulbright Senior Visiting Fellowship, among others. He has also received fellowships for residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, Montalvo Arts Center, Djerassi, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts at Le Moulin à Nef, Fundación Valparaíso, Château de Lavigny, Nawat Fes, Willapa Bay AiR, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Ragdale Foundation. He is the chair of the English Department and a Professor of Creative Writing at DePauw University