Birth Language: Poems

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tia Chucha Press
Published: 08/04/2026
ISBN: 9781882688661
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d