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 golden fish; 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, which welcomes his family’s labour but insists they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualisation that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.
Inspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and migrant touchstones such as FaceTime and ‘that one cousin from the States’, Lucky Creatures seeks to answer the eternal question: ‘Was the move worth it?’ Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, brown, transnational hybrid – filled with the warmth, grace and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.
ISBN: 9781776923090
Publication date: 14/05/2026
Price: $35.00
RRP: $35.00
Format: Paperback
Available stock: 22
Publishing status: Active
Author: Trinidad, Joseph
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
