New York: Kaya / Muae, (1999). SIGNED (by son) first edition - A collection of poetry and prose by this celebrated Filipino American writer, edited by Eileen Tabios and with a foreword by Jessica Hagedorn. In the 1940s and 50s, Villa's writings earned him prizes, fellowships, and praise from such writers as e. e. cummings, W. H. Auden, and more. Named a National Artist in the Philippines where he was born, Villa remains largely unknown here in the United States, where his reputation among the elite of modernist experimental poets was made. This book "both recovers and rediscovers the work of this fierce iconoclast for a new generation. Included are reprints of his major poems and representatives from each of his significant experiments, as well as short stories, critical work, and paintings. A critical component of the book are essays by contemporary Filipino and Filipino American writers including: Luis Cabalquinto, Nick Carbo, Jonathan Chua, Luis Francia, Nick Joaquin, E. San Juan, and Alfred Yuson." Foreword by Jessica Hagedorn. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the title page by his son Randy (Randall) Villa "from the son of a great poet!" and scarce thus. Includes frontispiece portrait, endnotes, works cited, notes on the contributors, Landmarks and bibliography, index to the poems. 255 pp. ISBN: 978-1885030283.