{"title":"Joseph Trinidad","description":"Joseph Trinidad is a Filipino writer who lives in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His work has been featured in Landfall, North \u0026amp; South, Te Papa, The Spinoff, Turbine Kapohau, and Migrant Zine Collective. He is the winner of the 2023 Adam Foundation Prize from the International Institute of Modern Letters and the 2023 Asian Ink from Playmarket.","products":[{"product_id":"lucky-creatures-paperback","title":"Lucky Creatures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the inaugural 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay, selected by Alexander Chee and excerpted in \u003cem\u003eAdi Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucky Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold and playful collection about rebuilding life after migration, queerness and the transnational experience for readers of Ocean Vuong's \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor of Gladness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his debut essay collection, award-winning Filipino-Kiwi essayist Joseph Trinidad explores the lessons of his grandmother's chicken farm and his grandfather's lucky fish, Ara the golden arowana; the vibrancy of his home country and its rites of passage such as \u003cem\u003etuli\u003c\/em\u003e, beauty pageants, and national Boy Scout jamborees; the contradictions of Aotearoa-New Zealand, his adopted country, which demands his family's labour and insists that they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualization that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and immigrant touchstones such as FaceTime and \"that one cousin from the States,\" \u003cem\u003eLucky Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e answers every immigrant's question: \"Was the move worth it?\" Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, Brown, transnational hybrid--filled with warmth, grace, and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382169796831,"sku":"9781956046618","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RCJ06RY-069781956046618.webp?v=1789286485"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/joseph-trinidad.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}