Lali: Looking Back

December 31, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Lali: A Pacific Anthology, ed. Albert Wendt, 1980

Cook Islands, #5; Tonga, #2; Samoa, #2; Niue, #1; Fiji, #1; Vanuatu, #1; Solomon Islands, #1; Papua New Guinea, #7; Kiribati, #2
£13.84 from Amazon.co.uk
Read: September 2015-December 2016
Rating: 3/5
Recommended for: Moana groupies

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Vanuatu: Substance without style

June 30, 2017July 29, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Black Stone, Grace Mera Molisa, 1983

The Story of the Eel, Elder Mark of Emil Potun, 2004

Vanuatu, #2 & #3
Black Stone: skimmed on Google Books; Story of the Eel: read online through JSTOR
Read August, 2016
Opening line (Black Stone): Ageless Vatu/ primeval source/ of creative forces/ ad infinitum
Opening line (Story of the Eel): There was once an old man and an old woman.

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