- Home
- Literary Collections
- Essays
- Lucky Creatures
Lucky Creatures
List Price:
$18.95
- Availability: Confirm prior to ordering
- Branding: minimum 50 pieces (add’l costs below)
- Check Freight Rates (branded products only)
Branding Options (v), Availability & Lead Times
- 1-Color Imprint: $2.00 ea.
- Promo-Page Insert: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed, single-sided page)
- Belly-Band Wrap: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed)
- Set-Up Charge: $45 per decoration
- Availability: Product availability changes daily, so please confirm your quantity is available prior to placing an order.
- Branded Products: allow 10 business days from proof approval for production. Branding options may be limited or unavailable based on product design or cover artwork.
- Unbranded Products: allow 3-5 business days for shipping. All Unbranded items receive FREE ground shipping in the US. Inquire for international shipping.
- RETURNS/CANCELLATIONS: All orders, branded or unbranded, are NON-CANCELLABLE and NON-RETURNABLE once a purchase order has been received.
Product Details
Author:
Joseph Trinidad, Alexander Chee
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
236
Publisher:
Sarabande Books (June 16, 2026)
Imprint:
Sarabande Books
Release Date:
June 16, 2026
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781956046618
ISBN-10:
1956046615
Weight:
9.6oz
Dimensions:
5.25" x 7.75"
File:
CONSORTIUM-Metadata_Only_Consortium_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260527161558-20260527.xml
Folder:
CONSORTIUM
List Price:
$18.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
60
Case Pack:
38
As low as:
$16.30
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
C
Overview
Winner of the inaugural 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay, selected by Alexander Chee and excerpted in Adi Magazine
Lucky Creatures is a bold and playful collection about rebuilding life after migration, queerness and the transnational experience for readers of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness
In his debut essay collection, award-winning Filipino-Kiwi essayist Joseph Trinidad explores the lessons of his grandmother’s chicken farm and his grandfather’s lucky fish, Ara the golden arowana; the vibrancy of his home country and its rites of passage such as tuli, beauty pageants, and national Boy Scout jamborees; the contradictions of Aotearoa-New Zealand, his adopted country, which demands his family’s labour and insists that they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualization that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.
Inspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and immigrant touchstones such as FaceTime and “that one cousin from the States,” Lucky Creatures answers every immigrant’s question: “Was the move worth it?” Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, Brown, transnational hybrid—filled with warmth, grace, and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.
