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Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia

Contributor(s): Flores, Evelyn (Editor), Kihleng, Emelihter (Editor), Perez, Craig Santos (Editor), Aguon, Baltazar (Contribution by), Aguon, Julian (Contribution by), Alonso, Maya (Contribution by), Asang, Isebong (Contribution by), Baza, Monica Dolores (Contribution by), Bevacqua, Michael Lujan (Contribution by), Borja, Joseph (Contribution by), Borja-Quichocho-Calvo, Kisha (Contribution by), Camacho, Jacob (Contribution by), Chilton, Tutii-Elbuchel I (Contribution by), Cushing, Nikkie de Jesus (Contribution by), Dediya, Ruby (Contribution by), Cruz-Smith, J a Dela (Contribution by), Delisle, Christine Taitano (Contribution by), Diaz, Vicente M (Contribution by), Filibert, Canisius Tkel (Contribution by), Furukawa, Jan (Contribution by), Gaiyabu, Maria (Contribution by), Hattori, Anne Perez (Contribution by), Hattori, Mary Therese Perez (Contribution by), Hernandez, Marianna (Contribution by), Hoppe-Cruz, Angela (Contribution by), Howard, Chris Perez (Contribution by), Howard, Josie (Contribution by), Iriarte, Leonard Z (Contribution by), Santos, Mark A (Contribution by), Cepeda, Jeremy N C (Contribution by), Itsimaera, Lucia (Contribution by), Joab, Yolanda (Contribution by), Jetñil-Kijiner, Kathy (Contribution by), Kim, Myjolynne (Contribution by), Laguana, Ronald (Contribution by), Villaverde, Rudolph (Contribution by), Lauti, Alamanda Roland (Contribution by), Leem, Selina Neirok (Contribution by), Guerrero, Victoria-Lola M Leon (Contribution by), Lowe, Arielle Taitano (Contribution by), Mangafel, John (Contribution by), Manibusan, Charissa Lynn Atalig (Contribution by), Mendiola, Clarissa (Contribution by), Morei, Cita (Contribution by), Muñoz, Pc (Contribution by), Naholowa'a, Leiana San Agustin (Contribution by), Okada, Sandra Iseke (Contribution by), Onedera, Peter R (Contribution by), Palomo, Tony (Contribution by), Perez, C T (Contribution by), Perez, Craig Santos (Contribution by), Perez, Terry (Contribution by), Quinene, Fred (Contribution by), Raatior (Contribution by), Ramarui, Hermana (Contribution by), Ratite, Tereeao Teingiia (Contribution by), Rhowunio'ng, Alex (Contribution by), Salinas, Johanna (Contribution by), Sengebau, Valentine N (Contribution by), Seymour, Jelovea (Contribution by), Sigrah, Lynnsey T (Contribution by), Songeni, Nedine F (Contribution by), Sound-Kikku, Innocenta (Contribution by), Taitano, Lehua M (Contribution by), Teaero, Teweiariki (Contribution by), Teaiwa, Katerina (Contribution by), Teaiwa, Teresia Kieuea (Contribution by), Tenorio, Stephen, Jr (Contribution by), Tiwelfil, Dickson Dalph (Contribution by), Ventura, Desiree Taimanglo (Contribution by), Viernes, James Perez (Contribution by), Pat-Borja, Melvin Won (Contribution by), Yilibuw, Dolores (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9780824875411

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Pub Date: April 30, 2019

Dewey: 899.52

LCCN: 2018037462

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.30" H x 9.10" L x 6.00" W ( 1.55 lbs) 384 pages

Series: New Oceania Literary

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Description: Includes poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by indigenous Micronesian authors, presenting over seventy authors and one hundred pieces, and featuring nine of the thirteen basic language groups.

Brief description: Craig Santos Perez, 2023 winner of the National Book Award for poetry, is a Chamoru author and editor from Guam. He was most recently professor of English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Review Quotes: The value of this collection is immeasurable, for both Micronesian readers and others. The need to find oneself and one's culture represented in literature in the face of overwhelming cultural imperialism and Westernization, what coeditor Evelyn Flores (Univ. of Guam) refers to as a "recovery and assertion process," cannot be overstated. And it is past time for non-Micronesians to pay attention to these important voices.-- "CHOICE, December 2019 (Vol. 57 No. 4)"

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