{"product_id":"valdez-aldrin-esl-or-youpb","title":"Valdez, Aldrin: ESL or You Weren't Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eNightboat, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 22, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eESL 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817270489111,"sku":"9781937658861","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_ca2d4559-f16d-433a-8abb-3b4bef355948.jpg?v=1703283189","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/valdez-aldrin-esl-or-youpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}