Nick Carbo is the author of three books of poems Andalusian Dawn (2004), Secret Asian Man (2000), and El Grupo McDonald's (1995). He has edited three anthologies of contemporary Filipino and Filipino American writing; Pinoy Poetics (Meritage Press, 2004, St. Helena, CA), Babaylan (Aunt Lute Books, 2000, San Francisco, CA), and Returning a Borrowed Tongue (Coffee House Press, 1995, Minneapolis, MN). He lives in Hollywood, Florida with his wife, the poet Denise Duhamel.