Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Nuanua : Pacific writing in English since 1980
Other Name
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Place
Date
1995
Physical Description
x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0824817311
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Acknowledgements -- General editor's note -- Introduction
Cook Islands: From Frigate bird; Dark lord of savaiki; From Soul traps / Alistair Te Ariki Campbell -- From Vaka / Tom Davis -- Bed / Johnny Frisbie Hebenstreit -- Saved / Jon Jonassen -- Sixteen bags; Taunga of the great moko; Darkness within the light / Kauraka Kauraka -- Book and a pen / Vaine Rasmussen -- Boat girl / Florence Syme-Buchanan -- Return the noonday star; To God; Storyteller / Makiuti Tongia -- Grandmother and the mat / Mona Matepi Well
Fiji: I remember, I remember / Prem Banfal -- Unfinished fence / Vilsoni Hereniko -- Invitation; Laucala Bay / Pio Manoa -- Reflections on a night out in town / Nemani Mati -- In Nadi; Confessions of a would-be Brahmin; Beachcombers; Elegy: Dr. Timoci Bavadra; Detainee II / Sudesh Mishra -- From Wounded sea; Siddarth; Ballet for a sea-bird / Satendra Nandan -- Act of love / Sam Prakash -- Pigeon park; Sione, God and a railway station; From Tiata and Liz / Seri -- Tell me where the train goes / Subramani -- Onisimo / Joseph C. Veramo
Kiribati: Abatekan / Vianney Kianteata Teabo -- Beia and Ioane / Francis Tekonnang
Niue: From Shark that ate the sun / John Pule
Papua New Guinea: Mass media, mass mania / Nora Vagi Brash -- Moon / Apisai Enos -- From Sail the midnight sun / John Kasaipwalova -- From My mother calls me Yaltep / Ignatius Kilage -- Expatriate / Loujaya Kouza -- Caught up / Joyce Kumbeli -- We are tukes / Jack Lahui -- Frost / Steven Thomas Lyadale -- From Maiba; From Naked thoughts; Looking thru those eyeholes; Kuburabasu / Russell Soaba -- Song of the rower / Kumalau Tawali -- Kum Koimb / Thomas Tuman -- Dancing yet to the dim dim's beat / Vincent Warakai -- Speak up / Peter Watlakas -- Dancer; Mother and child; Nuigo market; Different histories / Steven Edmund Winduo
Samoa: Married couple / Apelu Aiavao -- Ghosting / Litia Alaelua -- Funeral in Savai'i / Pasitale Faleilemilo -- Olomatua / Epi Enari Fuaau -- Rain; Night; From Midnight sonnets / Sano Malifa
Christmas in Samoa, 1978 / Tasi Malifa -- Poems in the rain; Freedom day; Papeete by night / Ruperake Petaia -- Island; Violent storm / Clara Reid -- Birthday present; Of butterflies and bubbles / Eti Sa'aga -- Peace; In life; What are we? / Noumea Simi -- Birdcall I; Poem to my father; Taumeasina / Tate Simi -- Ianeta's dance; War news / Caroline Sinavaiana -- Polynesian old man; Crucifixion on Sunday / Talosaga Tolovae -- Ta tatau / Emma Kruse Va'ai -- Song of discovery; I thought of you; At Claire's place / Makerita Va'ai -- Solaua, secret embryo; My house idea; My guest; Nostalgia; Who is Lili Tunu? / Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche -- I will be our saviour from the bad smell; Parents & children; Knife; Shaman of visions; Wall; In your enigma / Albert Wendt
Solomon Islands: Parrot / Sam L. Alaisa -- Cars you have my wantoks; Women and housework / Lemu Darcy -- Where leaves had fallen; Toothpick; Culture shock; My gods / Celo Kulagoe -- Unexpected gift / Julian Maka'a -- Civilised girl; Man's world; Roviana girl / Jully Makini -- Raraifilu / Rexford T. Orotaloa -- From Alternative / John Saunana
Tonga: Point of no return / Pesi Fonua -- From Kisses in the Nederends; To the last viking of the sunrise / Epeli Hau'ofa -- No more guava; Langakali; Sunday sadness / Konai Helu Thaman
Vanuatu: Custom; Neo-colonialism; Status costs; Ni-Vanuatu women in development / Grace Molisa -- Peripheral politicians; Island chant / Sampson Ngwele -- Contributors -- Glossary
Subject Notes
Albert Wendt is a leading Pacific writer and the author of five novels, two collections of short stories and two collections of poetry.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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