Review (PDF) Afakasi Speaks
This first collection of poetry by award-winning Spoken Word artist, Grace Teuila Evelyn Taylor, marks her debut as a poet who can also move audiences with the written word. Afakasi Speaks explores the complexities of Afakasi identity, of those that, as Taylor puts it, "taste the bitter sweetness of the space between brown and white," identifying as Samoan and English. These brave poems give voice to the power of family and language even as they reveal painful colonial legacies.
Paperback: 62 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 3, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1492876062
ISBN-13: 978-1492876069
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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