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Fino’ Gualåffon/Moonlight Talk
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Mary Therese Perez Hattori
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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps of Micronesia xiii
- Preface xxi
- Acknowledgments xxv
- Introduction 1
- Garlanding 5
-
Origins
- I Tinituhon/The Beginning 9
- Fu’una and Pontan 14
- Time 18
- Uchelel a Tekoi Chuab, Kotel Belau 19
- Chuab—Belau 21
- Merry Ancestors 23
- Nei Mwanganibuka/ The Legendary Fisherwoman 25
- To Swim with Eels 27
- I Have Seen Sirena Out at Sea/ Gua na hu li’i’ si Sirena 29
- Halom Tano’ 31
- Nareau’s Return 33
- Ode to the Fisherman’s Hat/ Te bwara te taraai 35
- Return to the Sea 36
- Tinaitayon Hinanåo Såkman Saina/Prayer for Safe Journey 40
- Gutos i Finihu I Hinacha Hinanåo/Rite of First Voyage of the Sakman Saina 42
- Quipuha’s Sin 44
- Silent Warriors 46
- Fino’ Finakpo’/Final Words 48
- Manotohge Hit/We Stand 49
-
Resistance
- Forefathers 53
- Lbolb/Wolf 55
- The Lord’s Prayer 56
- What Am I 57
- Excerpt from “Freedom” 60
- To Belau 63
- Belau Be Brave 64
- Nauru in 2001 66
- Tampering with Bible Translation in Yap 68
- “Local” 79
- Inside Out 81
- My Mother’s Bamboo Bracelets A Handful of Lessons on Saving the World 84
- The Mango Trees Already Know 88
- Juan Malo & the Tip of America’s Spear 91
- Juan Malo & Where America’s Day Begins 92
- The Storm 93
- Dance 95
- More than Just a Blue Passport 98
- My Island Is One Big American Footnote 102
- The Revolution Will Not Be Haolified 105
-
Remembering
- From The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, 1975 111
- History Project 112
- Thieves 116
- Guåhan 117
- From I Dos Amantes 125
- From An Ocean in a Cup 128
- An Ode to Our Unsung Heroes 133
- From An Island in Agony 135
- A New Invasion 142
- From Mariquita: A Tragedy of Guam 144
- From Cheffla gi i Manglo 151
- From Nasarinu 154
- Nauru Women Picket a Government-Sponsored Flight to London for the Stage Play Leonardo da Vinci, May 27, 1993 159
- Egade 162
- The First Woman in Parliament Ruby’s Story 164
- Ti Mamaigo Si Yu’us— God Never Sleeps 166
-
Identities
- Sun Burns 175
- Crash 177
- Juan Malo & Da Real Chamoru 179
- My Blood 180
- Téétéén Kúen 181
- The Micronesian Question 183
- Micro-Eye-Class 188
- Kaki se (a coconut) 189
- Echukeison in Maikronisia 190
- Bomb the School System 192
- “Unfit” 195
- English Only Law Impact 198
- Language with an Attitude Palauan Identity with an English Accent 200
- Culture for Sale 210
- In Search of What Matters . . . 212
- Kul 216
- FestPac neni 217
- Kao siña hao fumino’ Chamoru? 218
- Memory Revising, As My Diasporic Queer Self 221
- Grass 224
- English Major 226
-
Voyages
- Raiarecharmoracherchar 229
- What Grandma Sinsilmam Knew 232
- Flying to Makiki Street 234
- Tomorrow 236
- The Monkey Gate 238
- Moon Sickness, Green Cards, and the Taro Patch 240
- Bare-Breasted Woman 251
- Homes of Micronesia 253
- The Cry of Oceania 256
- We Are Human at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time 263
- Imbibing Native DNA at a Pacific Science Meeting in Australia 264
- A Journey of CHamoru Self-Discovery 266
- The Five Stages of Being Micronesian in Guam 270
-
Family
- My Urohs 275
- The Tree 277
- Mechikung 280
- Rubak 282
- Red Shoes 284
- Sky Cathedral 286
- Ngedeloch 288
- Food Thoughts 290
- The Boys 292
- Auntie Lola’s Champion Chalakiles 293
- What urohs say 299
- Beloved Sumay 301
- Fino’ Gualåffon/Moonlight Talk 303
- Portrait of Grandmother Eating Mango 304
- Hineksa Anonymous 308
- I am from . . . 311
-
A New Micronesia
- Pohnpei Outer Space 315
- Development 317
- Map Gazing 320
- Look at It This Way 322
- I could be Miss Guam Tourism 324
- Well, we’re all eating chå’guan now 325
- My life is a poetry reading 328
- Hiking 330
- The floating world 332
- I Will Drink the Rain (For Toma) 334
- Flip Flops 335
- Black Coral 337
- On the Occasion of the Quarter Century 340
- Archery 341
- Tidepools 342
- Afterword 345
- About the Contributors 347
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps of Micronesia xiii
- Preface xxi
- Acknowledgments xxv
- Introduction 1
- Garlanding 5
-
Origins
- I Tinituhon/The Beginning 9
- Fu’una and Pontan 14
- Time 18
- Uchelel a Tekoi Chuab, Kotel Belau 19
- Chuab—Belau 21
- Merry Ancestors 23
- Nei Mwanganibuka/ The Legendary Fisherwoman 25
- To Swim with Eels 27
- I Have Seen Sirena Out at Sea/ Gua na hu li’i’ si Sirena 29
- Halom Tano’ 31
- Nareau’s Return 33
- Ode to the Fisherman’s Hat/ Te bwara te taraai 35
- Return to the Sea 36
- Tinaitayon Hinanåo Såkman Saina/Prayer for Safe Journey 40
- Gutos i Finihu I Hinacha Hinanåo/Rite of First Voyage of the Sakman Saina 42
- Quipuha’s Sin 44
- Silent Warriors 46
- Fino’ Finakpo’/Final Words 48
- Manotohge Hit/We Stand 49
-
Resistance
- Forefathers 53
- Lbolb/Wolf 55
- The Lord’s Prayer 56
- What Am I 57
- Excerpt from “Freedom” 60
- To Belau 63
- Belau Be Brave 64
- Nauru in 2001 66
- Tampering with Bible Translation in Yap 68
- “Local” 79
- Inside Out 81
- My Mother’s Bamboo Bracelets A Handful of Lessons on Saving the World 84
- The Mango Trees Already Know 88
- Juan Malo & the Tip of America’s Spear 91
- Juan Malo & Where America’s Day Begins 92
- The Storm 93
- Dance 95
- More than Just a Blue Passport 98
- My Island Is One Big American Footnote 102
- The Revolution Will Not Be Haolified 105
-
Remembering
- From The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, 1975 111
- History Project 112
- Thieves 116
- Guåhan 117
- From I Dos Amantes 125
- From An Ocean in a Cup 128
- An Ode to Our Unsung Heroes 133
- From An Island in Agony 135
- A New Invasion 142
- From Mariquita: A Tragedy of Guam 144
- From Cheffla gi i Manglo 151
- From Nasarinu 154
- Nauru Women Picket a Government-Sponsored Flight to London for the Stage Play Leonardo da Vinci, May 27, 1993 159
- Egade 162
- The First Woman in Parliament Ruby’s Story 164
- Ti Mamaigo Si Yu’us— God Never Sleeps 166
-
Identities
- Sun Burns 175
- Crash 177
- Juan Malo & Da Real Chamoru 179
- My Blood 180
- Téétéén Kúen 181
- The Micronesian Question 183
- Micro-Eye-Class 188
- Kaki se (a coconut) 189
- Echukeison in Maikronisia 190
- Bomb the School System 192
- “Unfit” 195
- English Only Law Impact 198
- Language with an Attitude Palauan Identity with an English Accent 200
- Culture for Sale 210
- In Search of What Matters . . . 212
- Kul 216
- FestPac neni 217
- Kao siña hao fumino’ Chamoru? 218
- Memory Revising, As My Diasporic Queer Self 221
- Grass 224
- English Major 226
-
Voyages
- Raiarecharmoracherchar 229
- What Grandma Sinsilmam Knew 232
- Flying to Makiki Street 234
- Tomorrow 236
- The Monkey Gate 238
- Moon Sickness, Green Cards, and the Taro Patch 240
- Bare-Breasted Woman 251
- Homes of Micronesia 253
- The Cry of Oceania 256
- We Are Human at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time 263
- Imbibing Native DNA at a Pacific Science Meeting in Australia 264
- A Journey of CHamoru Self-Discovery 266
- The Five Stages of Being Micronesian in Guam 270
-
Family
- My Urohs 275
- The Tree 277
- Mechikung 280
- Rubak 282
- Red Shoes 284
- Sky Cathedral 286
- Ngedeloch 288
- Food Thoughts 290
- The Boys 292
- Auntie Lola’s Champion Chalakiles 293
- What urohs say 299
- Beloved Sumay 301
- Fino’ Gualåffon/Moonlight Talk 303
- Portrait of Grandmother Eating Mango 304
- Hineksa Anonymous 308
- I am from . . . 311
-
A New Micronesia
- Pohnpei Outer Space 315
- Development 317
- Map Gazing 320
- Look at It This Way 322
- I could be Miss Guam Tourism 324
- Well, we’re all eating chå’guan now 325
- My life is a poetry reading 328
- Hiking 330
- The floating world 332
- I Will Drink the Rain (For Toma) 334
- Flip Flops 335
- Black Coral 337
- On the Occasion of the Quarter Century 340
- Archery 341
- Tidepools 342
- Afterword 345
- About the Contributors 347