Peter Bacho is a writer and teacher best known for his bookCebu which won theAmerican Book Award. His book is defined as Filipino American literature because of its explorations in themes such asneocolonialism and Filipino-American identity.[1]
Bacho was raised inSeattle. His father was a field worker. He graduated in 1974.[2]
Bacho also won the Washington Governor's Writers Award forDark Blue Suit a collection of stories. Many of Bacho's books deal with the Filipino experience in the United States. He considers himself an "old Filipino writer".[3]Bacho teaches in the Liberal Studies Program at The Evergreen State College, Tacoma Campus. He is also a lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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