Contents Myth, memory, myopia, or, I may be Brown but I hear America singin’ / by Eric Gamalinda -- The other side of the American coin / by Luis H. Francia -- Stories. from The man who (thought he) looked like Robert Taylor / Bienvenido Santos -- Crossing over / NVM Gonzales -- A man’s reward is in heaven / F. Sionil Jose -- Fortress in the plaza / Linda Ty-Casper -- Something’s got to give / Bataan Faigao -- Fugitive colors / Ninotchka Rosca -- Sideshow : from The gangster of love / Jessica Hagedorn -- The end of awkwardness / Edgar Poma -- Home / Peter Bacho -- Elvis of Manila / Eric Gamalinda -- Two deaths / Marianne Villanueva -- Her wild American self / M. Evelina Galang -- Fredo Avila / Gina Apostol -- Night sweats / joel b. tan -- States of being / Bino A. Realuyo -- The lowest blue flame before nothing / Lara Stapleton -- from Rolling the r’s : You don’t have to wait / R. Zamora Linmark -- Jungle manhood / Michael Sandoval -- Perished fruit / Maria Cecilia Aguilar -- Poems.