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Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper, poet and author from south eastern New South Wales whose work reflects issues of migration, racism, belonging, violence, masculinity and loneliness. He describes his writing as "poetry of unease".
His debut novel Here Comes the Dogs was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Miles Franklin Award, and he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Young Novelist of the Year in 2015. He has also published three collections of poetry, and released two solo hip hop records and an album with international duo MoneyKat.
He talks to Kathryn ahead of his appearances at the WORD Christchurch Festival
