This collection of postcolonial poems by an emerging Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) young woman poet from Hilo, Hawaii reflects a politically resistant fusion of hip hop, slam, hula, chant and mele. The title, Honua, means "land" or "earth." Poet Michael McPherson describes the collection of poems as "torrents of language whose raw intensity buries social complacency as though under molten stone."

Honua

Literature & Fiction

Takehiro, Sage Uilani

Poetry

Kahuaomanoa Press

This collection of poems, written in both pidgin and standard English, centers on the local Japanese experience in Hawaii. Novelist Juliet Kono describes the collection as having "a new, energetic voice, full of insight and wisdom...The images in the poems are lively, yet beautiful in their rendering, the book an example of how craft and tenaciousness have been intertwined to create such lovely poems." Juliet S. Kono. Author of Hilo Rains and Tsunami Years.

Manoa Stream

Inoshita, Ann

Bravely honest, humorous, raw and erotic, this collection of poems was written by a young Japanese woman about her coming-of-age in Hawaii, challenging stereotypes and her ascribed role in her family and society.

How To Be A Good Ojoosan

Oka, Tammie

The first collection of poetry by a Pohnpeian poet, Emelihter Kihleng's My Urohs is described by distinguished Samoan writer and artist Albert Wendt as "refreshingly innovative and compelling, a new way of seeing ourselves in our islands, an important and influential addition to our [Pacific] literature."

My Urohs

Kihleng, Emelihter

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Honua

Manoa Stream

How To Be A Good Ojoosan

My Urohs