Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English

Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in EnglishEdited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan Softcover, 292 pp. Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan, is a follow up volume to the highly acclaimed Whetu Moana, the first anthropology of Polynesian poems in English edited by Polynesians. The new book includes poetry written over the last twenty five years by more than eighty writers from Aotearoa, Hawaii, Tonga,

the missionary period

Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa

these poems envision a world in which—like Pidgin—“everyting deserves to fly

the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Molokaʻi

the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies

The stories are set in rural communities or cultural kīpuka (oases) from which traditional Native Hawaiian culture can be regenerated and revitalized

Following snail trails through forests

it is a popular lei for Hawaiian weddings and a fragrance good for any occasion

the disembodiment of Indigenous modes of governance

Pacific Century – E Hoʻomau no Moananuiākea will be an essential resource for critical exploration of contemporary art in Asia-Pacific at large

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This book compiles the stories of leaders