Named a Best Book of 2019 by NPR and Publishers Weekly, Hybrida is a stirring and confident examination of mixed-race identity, violence, and history skilfully rendered through the lens of motherhood. In an agile blend of zuihitsu, ghazal, mosaic poems, and lyric essays, Tina Chang "evokes the bottomless love and terror of motherhood as she describes raising her mixed-race son" (New York Times). Ambitious and revelatory, Hybrida establishes Chang as one of the most vital voices of her generation.
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Everywhere I look I see him, I have a right to fear for him. HE, PRONOUN
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(@wwnorton, 20 February 2018, ebook, 144 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @OverDriveInc)
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This is a new poet for me. I enjoyed much of the poems in the collection. However, as they focus on the experiences of black people, race, racial identity and the like I felt quite disconnected from the subject matter. I am clearly not the target audience. The poems are powerful and well written but I felt like something was missing with each one, a connection I could not find. The poems are much more than they initially appear and it wore me out trying to fully connected with the pieces.
