Title:
Vā : stories by women of the moana
Author:
Eteuati, Sisilia editor
ISBN:
9789829175236
Additional ISBN:
9789829175236
Publication Information:
New Zealand/Samoa : Tatou Publishing, 2021.
Physical Description:
342 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes biographies of anthology contributors.
Contents:
The girl who saw the moon's sick / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Koviti aikae / Lani Young -- Close encounters / Lehua Parker -- On "living the dream" / Karlo Mila -- Homesick / Steph Matuku -- My ancestor in a museum / Momoe Malietoa von Reiche -- Sandpit / Gina Cole -- The vuniwai / Mere Taito -- Kalofale/Ka alofa i ai/I feel love for them / Sisilia Eteuati -- A-wake-(e)nd / Audrey Brown-Pereira -- Earth, ocean / Shirley Simmonds -- The road to Faa-imata / Caroline S Fanamanu Matamua -- Family pride / Nicki Perese -- I am clothed / Filifotu Vaai -- Finding belonging in the land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Hēninuka / Denise Carter Bennett -- The bumble fumble: a superbowl Sunday misadventure / Filifotu Vaai -- Hanbok / Tanya Chargualaf Taimanglo -- Grown girls get the broom's sick / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Turukawa / Tulia Thompson -- I don't need to remember / Kiri Piahana-Wong -- All kinds of bad things happened down there / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Bloody islanders / Lani Wendt Young -- Red flags / Dahlia Malaeulu -- Hair Nadine / Anne Hura -- Manumea / Lily-ann Eteuati -- O se meaalofa tautele / Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati -- Nana'ue / Lehua Parker -- Roller coaster / Gina Cole -- Searching the heart / Sylvia Nakachi -- Snake / Sisilia Eteuati -- Breathe / Laura Toailou -- Modesty tasi, lua, tolu / Nafanua PK -- Napina reclaims / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Ivi / Sisilia Eteuati -- Sunday fun day / Filifotu Vaai -- Taking my grandmother's name / Kiri Piahana-Wong -- Putauaki / Ashlee Sturme -- A dress for mother / Audrey Brown Pereira -- An arranged marriage of sorts / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- For my Yaca / Emmaline Pickering-Martin -- Ledger / Nafanua PK -- Brothers / Lehua Parker -- Blue cake / Gina Cole -- Eclipsed / Arihia Latham -- Moana / Sisilia Eteuati -- Te rerenga wairua / Gina Cole -- Rachieli / Tulia Thompson -- No speak English / Lani Wendt Young -- For the learners of gagana Samoa - O se fa'amanatu mei le Matāmatagi / Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati -- Missing my pitu pitu / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Tales of tails / Lauren Keenan -- Supo moa / Salote Vaai-Siaosi -- Musings to Christ while baby naps / Courtney Leigh Sit-Kam Malasi Thierry -- Pāreu / Stacey Kokaua -- Aiga fausiga / Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Wendt Young -- The story of my life / Momoe Malietoa von Reiche -- Roots / Sisilia Eteuati -- A love that once was / Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen -- Karanga / Cassie Hart -- In the beginning / Kiri Piahana-Wong -- Lemon berry is bitter sweet / Isabella Naiduki -- Whaea fire / Ria Masae -- Face recognition / Nafanua PK -- Nailed it / Ashlee Sturme -- Rainbow club / Lani Wendt Young -- The sei and the blade / Amy Tielu -- Her garden / Vanessa Collins -- On colonising kupu / Sisilia Eteuati -- Shut / Nichole Brown -- Atua loa / Sisilia Eteuati -- Vi-iga / from the Editors.
Language:
English
Abstract:
"Stories that tell Covid how we really feel, where a centipede god watches on with wry humour and wrath, where a sexy Samoan goes on a hot Tinder date in Honolulu, where a New Zealand doctor is horrified to be stuck at her cousin's kava drink up in Fiji, where moana people travel the stars and navigate planets, stories where ancestors and atua live and breathe. Stories that defy colonial boundaries, and draw on the storytelling and oratory that is our inheritance. Immerse yourself in the intrigue, fantasy, humour and magic of beautiful strong stories by 38 writers from across the moana"--Back cover.