Peter Bacho

 Q&A with Peter Bacho

1- When did you start writing? bacho1

2- You grew up in the Central District of Seattle. What was it like to live there? bacho2

3- Do you find yourself revisiting your childhood in your writing? bacho3

4- Do you feel any pressure to write “ethnic” fiction? bacho4

5- Were any authors particularly influential on your writing? Who are you reading now? bacho5

6- Do you tend to read more fiction or nonfiction? (discusses politics as well) bacho6

7- Filipino writers seem to be under-represented in Asian American Literature? Why? bacho7

8- Do you make a concious effort to write as a Filipino-American? bacho8

9- Is DARK BLUE SUIT fiction or memoir? bacho9

10- Why write fiction rather than, say, a scholarly tome? bacho10

11- Why do younger Filipino-Americans seem uninterested in their history? bacho11

12- What’s the job of a writer? Is it just to tell a good story? bacho12

13- Your next project? bacho13

14- What is it about boxing that you find so attractive? bacho14

15- An Irish writer, I can’t remember who, once said that machismo is an inevitable part of men who have been oppressed. Do you think machismo is a trait of people who come from countries which have suffered under colonization? bacho15

16- Why do you write? bacho16