Caroline Sinavaiana reads at Our Sea of Words (2 of 2)

Our Sea of Words: Poetry from Oceania and Beyond
featuring Pacific Islander poets:
Caroline Sinavaiana, Craig Santos Perez, Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, and Loa Niumeitolu.

Caroline Sinavaiana, Associate Professor of English at UH Manoa, teaches Oceanic and comparative literatures, and creative writing. She has published, lectured, and read her poetry and scholarship in many countries, including the US, China, India, Italy, Barbados, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and New Zealand. Poetry collections include: Alchemies of Distance (Tinfish, AA Arts, & Institute for Pacific Studies), and Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations (AA Arts). Her book on traditional comic theater in Samoa House of the Spirits — is forthcoming from the Institute of Pacific Studies. At present, Sinavaiana is completing a new collection of poetry, and a memoir with the working title, Nuclear Medicine.

Monday, July 13, 2009
Pegasus Books Downtown Berkeley

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Our Sea of Words
• Pacific Islander Poetry
• Caroline Sinavaiana
• Craig Santos Perez
• Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
• Loa Niumeitolu
• Pegasus Bookstore
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• CA