Leaving Our Shadows Behind Us wayfaring writer of da award-winning Pidgin

writer of da award-winning Pidgin short story collection Da Word

served as stew­ard of the land that belonged to the gods

as well as the more modern surfing greats like Duke Kahanamoku and Rell Sunn

Darlene Rodrigues

and they offer rare and timeless insights into the Philippines now and in the recent past

Leaving Our Shadows Behind Us wayfaring writer of da award-winning PidginAn emerging voice in local literature, Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo translates his feelings into his poetry, reinterpreting his life experiences and working diligently to maintain authenticity. His poems are uniquely provocative, often sad in depicting his journey from an abusive childhood in the Philippines, through the trials of an overseas Filipino worker enduring and witnessing injustice and torture in the Middle East, to the challenges of a hard