Jim Pascual AgustinJim Pascual Agustin grew up in the Philippines during the Marcos dictatorship and moved to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1994. He writes in Filipino and English. He holds a degree in English Literature from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippine. He has been a lecturer, an NGO worker, a secondhand music shop employee, and a fridge cleaner kit seller, among others. Agustin has published several books of poetry and a collection of stories since 1992. His poetry has been recognised at the New Coin DALRO Awards, the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry Awards, and the AVBOB Poetry Competition. Lunch Ticket, a US-based online journal, awarded him the Gabo Prize. Read More Read Less