Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamoru From the Pacific Island of Gu han (Guam), has lived for two decades away From his homeland.
This collection will engage those interested in Pacific literature, multicultural, indigenous poetry, mixed-genre, multilingual experiments, ecopoetics, and those who want to explore intersections between poetry, politics, history, and culture..
The poet memorializes what his people have lost and insists that we must protect and defend what we have left of home.
Furthermore, this book draws attention to, and protests, the violent currents of colonialism and militarism currently threatening Gu han, a strategic US Territory since 1898.
Through a variety of poetic forms, the poet highlights the importance of origins and customs amidst new American cultures and terrains.
This new collection maps the emotional and geographic cartographies of his various migrations, departures, and arrivals.
Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamoru From the Pacific Island of Gu han (Guam), has lived for two decades away From his homeland