Poetry. Essay. Asian American Studies. Normie Salvador has an M.A. from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa in English. He is a freelance copy-editor and co-editor of the literary magazine. PHILTER ends with an essay by Salvador on his position within the literary community in Hawai'i, especially as it relates to his being a Filipino American. "How soon gold thread embroiders horizon, / stitching this day into a memory"-from "Harlequin's Entreaty."