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- Book Synopsis
- I throw out a life line / but no one's read it (from 'Cardboard Crowns') A Pacific Islander (PI) of Samoan, Tuvaluan, English, Scottish and French descent, Selina Tusitala Marsh reflects on the issues affecting the Pacific communities of New Zealand, as well as indigenous peoples around the world - including the challenges and triumphs of being afakasi (mixed race).The book is made up of three sections: 'Tusitala' (personal poems), 'Talkback' (political and historical poems) and 'Fast Talking PIs' (sequences of dialogue). Together the poems smash stereotypes, and challenge historic injustices the world over.Selina Tusitala Marsh was the first Pacific Islander to graduate from the University of Auckland with a PhD in English, where she now lectures in Maori and Pacific literary studies. In 2010 she won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry for the Auckland University Press edition of this collection (2009), which made the top five bestsellers list in New Zealand.
- About The Author
- Selina Tusitala Marsh is of Samoan, Tuvaluan, English, Scottish and French descent, and was the first Pacific Islander to graduate from The University of Auckland with a PhD in English, where she is now a lecturer. Her work has been widely published and has appeared in a range of online and hardcopy literary journals and anthologies including Blackmail Press, Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English, Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English-Whetu Moana II (Auckland University Press/UHP), Best New Zealand Poems 2006, Niu Voices: Contemporary Pacific Fiction 1 and The Contemporary Pacific (UHP). She established and coordinates Pasifika Poetry, an online hub celebrating the poetry of tagata o te moana nui, the peoples of the Pacific; and is also the co-Chair of the South Pacific Association of Language and Literature.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781904614357
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arc Publications, (23 June 2012)
- Number of Pages
- 80
- Weight
- 140 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 138 x 8 mm
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