Puna Wai Korero

An Anthology of Maori Poetry in English

Puna Wai Korero
Robert Sullivan, Reina Whaitiri
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Paperback
h230 x 172mm - 420pg
22 Sep 2014 NZ
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9781869408176
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From the chanted songs and oratory of traditional culture, to engagement with the English language in the nineteenth century, and on into the cultural revival of the late twentieth century, M?ori have always been deeply engaged with poetic forms. In this book, two leading Maori poets collect the major M?ori poetic voices in English together in a pioneering anthology.This will be the first collection of poetry in English written and edited entirely by Maori . The anthology collects work from the many iwi and hapu of Aotearoa as well as M?ori living in Australia and around the world. Poets featured include Rore Hapipi, Marewa Glover, Rangi Faith, Keri Hulme, Robert Sullivan, Hinewirangi Kohe, Trixie Menzies, Kellyana Morey, Brian Potiki, Roma Potiki, Apirana Taylor, Michael O'Leary, Hinemoana Baker, Bub Bridger and others.
"Maori artist Selwyn Muru's description of Hone Tuwhare's poetry in English, 'whakaaro Maori, kupu Pakeha' suggests that even though the words may be English, it's the thought that makes them Maori. 'English is our language too, ' he adds. Maori experiences and thoughts are given poetic voice and form in numerous ways - through words and gesture, music and dance, customary and contemporary materials and technologies. The best Maori poetry engages our senses, moves, and challenges us to think creatively. In this process we may learn more about ourselves and the world around us." --Moana Nepia
Robert Sullivan (Ngapuhi) and Reina Whaitiri (Kai Tahu) have edited three are the editors of Homeland: New Writing from America, the Pacific, and Asia, published by the University of Hawai'i Press, and, with Albert Wendt, the award-winning Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English (winner of a Montana New Zealand Book Award) and Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English II (finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards), both published by Auckland University Press and the University of Hawai'i Press.
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ISBN-13: 9781869408176
Published: 22 Sep 2014
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Auckland University Press
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 230mm
Width: 172mm
Pages: 420
Dewey: 811

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