ESL or You Weren't Here

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.

Author: Aldrin Valdez
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: 10/22/2018
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781937658861