Hybrida: Poems

In the collection "Hybrida," Tina Chang explores the complexities of raising a mixed-race child in the United States, addressing the relationship between her son's blackness and safety, the dangers of childhood in a post-Trayvon Martin era, and racialized roles in fairy tales. Using hybrid poetic forms, she reflects on the lives of Michael Brown, Leiby Kletzky, and Noemi Álvarez Quillay and imagines a childhood of mixed race as complex, emotionally fraught, and often vulnerable.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 144 pages
\n Publication date: 27 November 2020
\n Publisher: WW Norton & Co
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In this poignant and timely collection, Tina Chang delves into the intricate complexities of raising a mixed-race child amidst political upheaval in the United States. She reflects on the delicate balance between her son's blackness and his safety, exploring the perils of childhood in a post-Trayvon Martin era and unearthing racialized roles in fairy tales. Against the stark urban landscapes of threat and surveillance, Chang returns to the language of mothers, meditating on the lives of Michael Brown, Leiby Kletzky, and Noemi Álvarez Quillay—lost at the hands of those entrusted to protect them. Through a versatile blend of zuihitsu, ghazal, prose poems, mosaic poems, and lyric essays, Hybrida imagines a childhood of mixed race as one that is rich, emotionally charged, and often vulnerable.

Hybrida is a twenty-first-century masterpiece that blends a mother's love and her righteous anger, an ambitious and revelatory exploration of identity that cements Tina Chang as one of the most vital voices of her generation.

\n Weight: 196g\n
Dimension: 155 x 209 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780393358414\n \n