| ESL or You Weren't Here Contributor(s): Valdez, Aldrin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1937658864 ISBN-13: 9781937658861 Publisher: Nightboat Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General - Poetry | Lgbt - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Sex & Gender - Gay - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ESL or You Weren't Here tells the story of a queer Pinoy who immigrates to New York in the 1990s in order to be reunited with their parents. What follows is the poet's awakening to the legacy of American imperialism & colonialism in the Philippines, and to the experience of living between languages, cultures, temporalities, and genders--untranslatable. ESLasks the reader to bear witness to embodied histories of forced immigration, separation and abandonment rooted in patriarchal racism. |