Lali: A Pacific Anthology, ed. Albert Wendt, 1980
The Challenge, Ruperake Petaia, 2011
Well, that’s half an hour of my life I’m never going to get back.
Telesa: The Covenant Keeper, Lani Wendt Young, 2011
Where We Once Belonged, Sia Figiel, 1997
Leaves of the Banyan Tree, Albert Wendt, 1979
While researching my post on Dreams of a Rainbow I read a fair amount of poetry from around Polynesia (both to try to situate Kauraka’s poetry more firmly in the Polynesian tradition and figure out whether it was objectively mediocre or whether I was just missing something). This is a bit of a long one, so links after the jump.
Around the World in 2000 Books 