Katuivei: Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Katuivei: Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand
By (Author) David Eggleton
Edited by Mere Taito
Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana
Massey University Press
Massey University Press
11th April 2024
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Physical Properties
Hardback
328
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 29mm
601g
Description
A CELEBRATION OF AN EXCITING NEW THREAD IN THE LITERATURE OF AOTEAROATo write poetry in New Zealand as a Pacific migrant is an act of wayfinding, a creative process of discovery and negotiation between cultural spaces. This collection of 137 poems by 89 Aotearoa-based Pacific poets explores that navigation.This significant collection ranges from long-established voices such as Albert Wendt, Selina Tusitala Marsh and David Eggleton and the powerful newer voices of poets such as Tusiata Avia, Courtney Sina Meredith, Karlo Mila and Grace Iwashita-Taylor to new and emerging voices. Deep and rich, like Moana Oceania itself, it shows Pasifika poetry to be in a constant state of 'old and new', of haharagi and lelea' mafua, a lively and evolving continuum.
