{"product_id":"birth-language-poems-9781882688661","title":"Birth Language: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tia Chucha Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781882688661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Aimee Suzara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933802426549,"sku":"9781882688661","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_048890ea-39bf-4b8d-bfe7-dea902e8ee96.jpg?v=1785907481","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/birth-language-poems-9781882688661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}