{"product_id":"letters-to-a-young-brown-girl-9781950774173","title":"Letters to a Young Brown Girl","description":"Reyes's unapologetic intersectionally feminist \"tough love\" poems show young women of color, especially Filipinas, how to survive oppression with fearlessness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines, and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of five previous collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eGravities of Center\u003c\/i\u003e (Arkipelago Books, 2003), \u003ci\u003e Poeta en San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e (Tinfish Press, 2006), which received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets, \u003ci\u003eDiwata\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 2010), which received the Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry, \u003ci\u003eTo Love as Aswang \u003c\/i\u003e(PAWA, Inc. Publications, 2015), \u003ci\u003eInvocation to Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights, 2017), and \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Brown Girl \u003c\/i\u003e(BOA, 2020). She is an adjunct professor at University of San Francisco's Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program. She lives with her husband, poet Oscar Bermeo, in Oakland, CA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649345163538,"sku":"9781950774173","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15d6f7fb-934f-439f-aee6-9599d25532ac.jpg?v=1733261309","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-to-a-young-brown-girl-9781950774173","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}