Her work has been honored by literary prizes, been the subject of critical studies, and anthologized and translated widely, in particular into Spanish and English (The Present Tense of the World: Poems 2000–2009, translated by Marilyn Hacker, Black Widow Press, Boston, 2011), or at the worldwide literary festivals in which she often participates. She has also translated from English into French several novels and short stories by the major Filipino writer F. Sionil José.