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Ideal for readers interested in experimental poetry, Indigenous Pacific Islander voices, post-colonial studies, and cultural healing through literature.
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Experimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet’s homeland, Guam.
This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez’s ongoing from unincorporated territory series about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. “Åmot” is the Chamoru word for “medicine,” commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo’åmte; they gathered åmot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao’mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process.
Through experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of åmot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders.
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The volume has been praised for its poignant exploration of healing from post-colonial trauma and environmental collapse, with Vox highlighting Perez's powerful interplay between yearning for community and confronting Guåhan’s fraught colonial legacy. Booklist awarded a starred review, recognising it as one of the most rewarding engagements with contemporary Pacific Islander and Indigenous poetics. The collection combines innovative modernist techniques with profound cultural storytelling.
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ISBN: 9781632431189
Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 April 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Omnidawn Publishing
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 6.0mm
Height: 9.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 148
About the Author
Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). He is the coeditor of six anthologies; the author of five poetry collections, including Habitat Threshold; and the author of the monograph, Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization. He is professor in the English department and an affiliate faculty with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Indigenous Politics Program at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. He has received the American Book Award, Pen Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize, Hawai’i Literary Arts Council Award, Nautilus Book Award, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs.
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