Birth Language

Poems

von Aimee Suzara

84 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Aimee Suzara's second full-length book Birth Language centers on a Filipina-American time traveling through her history, twisted and haunted like the roots of a balete tree.  The book fuses English, Spanish, and Tagalog. It employs archival texts from as early as the 1500s when European conquistadors and explorers encountered the pre-colonial Philippine islands. Guided by the babaylan (shaman) and populated by mythical creatures like the mananneansal kapre, and sireno, the collection celebrates a history of resistance, reclaiming and redefining the self despite colonization, assimilation, and cultural loss.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik, Poesie Lyrik einzelner Dichter
• ISBN: 9781882688661
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.2026
• Größe: 226 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Tia Chucha Press