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Birth Language: Poems

by Aimee Suzara

History, language, and reclaimed identity

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History, language, and reclaimed identity

In Birth Language, a Filipina-American speaker moves through history in a collection shaped by layered time and the imagery of the balete tree. English, Spanish, and Tagalog meet archival texts dating to the 1500s, when European conquistadors and explorers encountered the pre-colonial Philippine islands. The babaylan and mythical figures including the manananggal, kapre, and sireno accompany poems concerned with resistance, colonization, assimilation, and cultural loss. The collection links historical record and myth to questions of how identity can be reclaimed and redefined.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of poetry engaging with Filipino-American history and identity.
  • For readers interested in multilingual poetry and archival material.
  • For readers drawn to poetry exploring colonization, cultural loss, and resistance.

Themes

Filipino-American identityLanguage and cultural heritageColonization and resistanceArchival history and myth

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Book overview

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.

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