Letters to a Young Brown Girl
- 72 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Reyes's unapologetic intersectionally feminist "tough love" poems show young women of color, especially Filipinas, how to survive oppression with fearlessness.
Barbara Jane Reyes Books
This author explores complex identities and cultural heritage through poetry and prose. Her works delve into themes of love, community, and personal transformation with a unique sensibility. The author often draws upon mythology and folklore to illuminate contemporary human experiences. Her writing is both intimate and universal, resonating with readers seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and the world.
Wanna Peek Into My Notebook?: Notes on Pinay Liminality
- 162 pages
- 6 hours of reading
A collection of lyric essays / creative non-fiction about growing up into and practicing Pinay poetry/poetics, as a young immigrant and daughter of hustling immigrants, woman of color writer, educator and mentor
Invocation to Daughters
- 74 pages
- 3 hours of reading
"Feminist experimental poetry in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha from a prominent Filipina American poet"-- "The fifth collection from Oakland poet Barbara Jane Reyes, in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Invocation to Daughters is a book of prayers, psalms, and odes for Filipina girls and women trying to survive and make sense of their own situations. Writing in an English inflected with Tagalog and Spanish, Reyes unleashes this colonized tongue against sexualized and racialized violence towards Pinay women. With its meditations on the relationship between fathers and daughters and impassioned pleas on behalf of victims of brutality, Invocation to Daughters is a lyrical feminist broadside written from a place of shared humanity"--