Aina Hanau / Birth Land Volume 92

'Āina Hānau / Birth Land is a powerful collection of new poems by Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) poet Brandy Nālani McDougall. These poems cycle through sacred and personal narratives while exposing and fighting ongoing American imperialism, settler colonialism, militarism, and social and environmental injustice to protect the ʻāina and its people.

About the author

Brandy Nālani McDougall (Kanaka 'Ōiwi) is a poet, scholar, mother, and aloha 'āina from Aʻapueo, Maui, and now living with her ʻohana in Kalaepōhaku, Oʻahu. She is the author of Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, and the collection of poetry The Salt-Wind: Ka Makani Paʻakai. This is her second book of poetry.

Summary

Tracing flows from the mountains to the ocean, from the sky to the earth, and from ancestor to mother to child, these poems are rooted in the rich ancestral and contemporary literature of Hawai’i.

Product details

• Authors: Brandy Nalani McDougall
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2023
• EAN: 9780816548354
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-4835-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 152 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 262 g
• Illustrations: 8 b&w illustrations
• Series: Sun Tracks
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama