Pidgin Eye

Pidgin Eye features thirty-five years of poetry by acclaimed author Joe Balaz. Writing in Pidgin (Hawai?i Creole English), he honors the beauty, strength, and complexity of Hawai?i and the voices of its peoples. Balaz's philosophical lyricism tightly weaves history and humor, aloha ?aina and protest, the spiritual and the everyday. Together, these poems envision a world in which--like Pidgin--"everyting deserves to fly."Joe Balaz, born and raised in Wahiawa on the island of O?ahu, is of Hawaiian, Slovakian, and Irish ancestry. He is the author of multiple books of poetry in Standard English and Pidgin (Hawai?i Creole English), as well as the editor of Ho?omanoa: An Anthology of Contemporary Hawaiian Literature. His writing, visual poetry, and artwork have been published in national and international journals and anthologies. Throughout his career, he has passionately advocated for Hawaiian and Pidgin literature.

• | Author: Joe Balaz
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Apr 13, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 279 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1091108706
• | ISBN-13: 9781091108707