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Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He is the former winner of the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam. He has released three hip hop albums, two poetry books (including Parang), appeared on ABC's Q&A and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. He is currently working on a play, 'Bonegatherer'. His first novel, Here Come the Dogs, was published in August 2014. http://herecomethedogs.com.au
'I savored this. Omar Musa is a special writer with his own beat, cutting through worlds.' - Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. 'Parang is as brutal as it is delicate, poems romp between the urban landscape and foreign humidities ...I love these poems, they are a clarion call to the listless, to take up the parang, or the pen, the instrument or the book and make something happen. A balm for the conflicted, Musa is a rhapsodist like no other.' - Tara June Winch, author of Swallow the Air. 'Never mind page versus stage, this is poetry: listen.' - Jeet Thayil, author of Narcopolis
