{"product_id":"birth-language-poems","title":"Birth Language: Poems","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Order, Publication Date: August 4, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Aimee Suzara\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"188268866X\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"cz04d-msriz-om49wv-3yaj0r\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAimee 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e----\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuzara has the rare gift of being able to craft work that is multilingual, hybrid, environmental, and deeply political. Throughout, she praises the acts of birth and languaging, home and healing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Craig Santos Perez, author of National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eFrom Unincorporated Territory [åmot]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe hunger, breath, taste, and thrill of these inquisitive poems of the tongue simply engulf the reader. A passionate read, a pleasure!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Heid E. Erdrich, author of \u003ci\u003eVerb Animate \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNational Poetry Series winner\u003ci\u003e Little Big Bully\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBirth Language is visionary and transcendent, the voice of a master lyricist and storyteller. The Filipina American speaker confronts colonial history and the \"inner-colonized and inner-colonizer,\" while experiencing rituals, mythic spirits, and motherhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate and author of \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Late Wonder \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Scar and Flower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat a gorgeous collection of poetry Aimee Suzara’s \u003ci\u003ebirth language\u003c\/i\u003e is—creation story that is intertextual, linguistically rigorous and precise, historical, deeply, deeply personal and vulnerable. She grounds herself in old belief and birth, both bloody and beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarbara Jane Reyes, Author of \u003ci\u003eInvocation to Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Brown Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"188268866X\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"v9xmmt-yqskox-aphcab-3mxz7y\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"188268866X\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"9ltgim-z30g6h-z6v9vj-hpbrlm\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"188268866X\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"ah7vp0-285wzq-igepmp-4fn87g\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-5\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"cysa7z-1jy227-b4edj6-sfhbp\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstanceMT42xGcTjPM-h5jBcSQwMA\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural \u0026 Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43094815539261,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2220\/7891\/files\/81si4JkTYEL._SY522.jpg?v=1775676660","url":"https:\/\/tia-chuchas.myshopify.com\/en-ca\/products\/birth-language-poems","provider":"Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}