Resistance in Residence Artist Aimee Suzara

Our Resistance in Residence artist this week is Oakland based poet, playwright, and performer Aimee Suzara. Photo Courtesy of 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.

The collection celebrates a history of resistance, reclaiming and redefining the self-despite colonization, assimilation, and cultural loss. Birth Language by Aimee Suzara Book Launch Poetry and Conversation Nomadic Bookshop Saturday, August 29, 2026 5-7 pm 326 23rd St.

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