We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word

We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken WordEdited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, Nou Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu Softcover, 336 pp A rich anthology featuring some of the brightest voices in contemporary poetry who challenge, expand, and illuminate the meaning of the label Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) in todays world. Exploring the range of experiences AAPI people endure in a world shaped by colonization and white supremacy, the poems in this collection confront American militarism,

four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki

A collection of three Hawaiian legends written in English and Hawaiian: Maui Hooks the Islands

Perfectly feminine

while in California

testing each of the islands for a home suitable for herself and her family she took up her abode in Halema‘uma‘u Crater at the summit of Kilauea on the island of Hawai‘i

perseverance

the curl of ocean swells—Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments

land and water rights

games and sports

Organic Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood essential oil

Players strategize and use kilo (observation using all the senses: sight

the transformation of Hawaiian states is documented in an extensive body of oral traditions preserved in written form