Short stories. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Cicada cingulata: the bird of Rehua / Anahera Gildea -- Matariki All-stars / Patricia Grace -- Rush / Nic Low -- I dream of Mike Tyson / Tusiata Avia -- Famished eels / Mary Rokonadravu -- I am mixed media / Shane Hansen -- my father dream new zealand / Witi Ihimaera -- 'We mobs got to start acting locally. Show whose got the Dreaming. The Laaaw' / Alexis Wright -- Black ice / Gina Cole -- #WATCHLIST / David Geary -- White elephant / Kelly Joseph -- Beaten / Rosanna Raymond -- Pitter patter, Papatūānuku / Cassandra Barnett -- The Vanua is Fo'ohake / Jione Havea -- After the tsunami / Serie Barford -- Tribe my nation / Déwé Gorodé -- Like Shinderella / Victor Rodger -- Navarro tukutuku, ata tuatahi, ripeka whero / Robert Jahnke -- Black milk / Tina Makereti -- The stone / Michael Puleloa -- The coconut king /Courtney Sina Meredith -- Poor man's orange / Kelly Ana Morey -- Extract from Freelove / Sia Figiel -- HOLLA BAQ series / Cerisse Palalagi -- King of bones and hazy homes / Anya Ngawhare -- Great long story / Paula Morris -- Pouliuli: a story of darkness in 13 lines / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- Ke Kāhea: the calling / Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada -- in pursuit of Venus [infected] / Lisa Reihana -- Whakapapa of a wallpaper / Witi Ihimaera -- Sepia / Mary Rokonadravu -- Facebook redux / Nic Low -- Whale bone city / Alexis Wright -- Roman Catholic Church, Apia / Yuki Kihara -- Nafanua Unleashes / Albert Wendt
Summary:
"Stones move, whale bones rise out of the ground like cities, a man figures out how to raise seven daughters alone. Sometimes gods speak or we find ourselves in a not-too distant future. Here are the glorious, painful, sharp and funny 21st century stories of Māori and Pasifika writers from all over the world. Vibrant, provocative and aesthetically exciting, these stories expand our sense of what is possible in Indigenous Oceanic writing. Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti present the very best new and uncollected stories and novel excerpts, creating a talanoa, a conversation, where the stories do the talking. And because our commonalities are more stimulating than our differences, the anthology also includes guest work from an Aboriginal Australian writer, and several visual artists whose work speaks to similar kaupapa"--Publisher information.
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