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Dry Nights
Pep Borja
Dry Nights is a powerful collection of poetry that explores the deep impacts of love, sensuality, loss and longing that pervade the night with memories often left unspoken in the day. Dry Nights utilizes a variety of poetic forms, distinctly tropical metaphors, musical references, and exquisite illustrations to capture the tender wounds of love. This hand-sized book belies its brevity in the breadth of experiences and stories conveyed in each poem, creating a haunting prosaic of what author Pep Borja describes as “reflections about what it’s like to be close to someone.” Borja navigates the complex spaces of intimacy, addiction, and suicide to show the ways dark emotions can be vibrant in the shadows. Coated with ambiguity, intrigue, and powerful imagery, Dry Nights does not hold your hand and gently lead you, rather, it demands you jump headfirst with eyes wide open into its soul.
Fanggai'ase' - Conscious Living and Compassionate Eating, A Plant-based Cookbook & Guide for the Marianas
Multiple Contributors
Fanggai'ase' in CHamoru means to be compassionate. This cookbook was designed to promote compassionate eating practices and to help people in our community shop and eat mindfully, prioritizing the health of our bodies and the Earth. The book’s fifteen contributors are an all-star team of local women chefs, teachers, artists, nutritionists, farmers and more. Fanggai'ase' features 50 locally sourced vegan/vegetarian recipes, adapted from traditional CHamoru and Filipino cultures. It also offers tips on being a more planet-conscious consumer by growing and using traditional produce, and provides a shopping guide for vegan-friendly food at local restaurants and stores.
The Properties of Perpetual Light
Julian Aguon
Ralph Eurich Patacsil
The Properties of Perpetual Light is an homage to the work of the activist-writer, which author Julian Aguon describes as “the work of bearing witness, wrestling with the questions of one’s day, telling children the truth.” With prose and poetry both bracing and quiet, Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about everything from nuclear weapons to climate change. Throughout the book, Aguon grapples with one heart-breaking loss after another by immersing himself in the beauty of his island, the magic of Micronesia, and the wisdom of his favorite books and elders. Deploying the feminist insight that the personal is political, The Properties of Perpetual Light illuminates a path for others to confront injustice, to find their way, and to “write as if everything they love is on the line.”
Storyboard: A Journal of Pacific Imagery, Issue 19
Storyboard 19 features 38 original pieces of creative writing, including prose, poetry, and short stories, as well as artwork inspired by the theme “Oceania rising” and explores the political, social, economic, emotional, cultural, and spiritual struggles of climate change in Oceania.
Mother Tree
Olympia Terral
Dawn Lees Reyes
Atisa is the last surviving adult håyon lågu, or "tree of the north" on Guam. She has become the Mother Tree and the final hope for this beautiful native species to survive. Faced with many dangers, she finds joy in her friendships with the jungle creatures around her. "Mother Tree" teaches the value of protecting the natural world around us. It will inspire young readers to learn more about native species and how to help them thrive.
CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories
Teresita Lourdes Perez
Multiple Artists
CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories retells 12 CHamoru legends with personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations for each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera. The publication is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other. Through these layers of interpretation, the book weaves together strips of wisdom and cultural lessons like the leaves used to shape the CHamoru guåfak, or mat, upon which the earliest CHamoru storytellers sat sharing their versions of these timeless tales.
13 Months in Malesso'
Dolores Barcinas Santos
Jessica Perez-Jackson
CHamoru ancestors in the Mariana Islands marked time using the phases of the moon and the important seasons in their lives. Months were named to describe seasonal weather and the best times to fish, plant, and harvest food. Just like their ancestors, the Barcinas girls – Lole’, Lia, Rita, Arisa, and Ha’åne’ – mark time using the seasons of their beautiful village of Malesso’ in southern Guam. 13 Months in Malesso' captures a distinctly CHamoru sense of time and place, and beautifully illustrates the many ways in which the island of Guam nourishes and sustains its people.
Taimanu na Ini
Peter R. Onedera
This lyrical collection of CHamoru poetry features the reflections of Master Storyteller, author and poet Peter Onedera. Taimanu na Ini highlights the physical beauty of Guam, while tackling modern-day issues including the importance of preserving the CHamoru language and culture. Onedera’s heartfelt poetry presents history through his eyes, expresses his appreciation for Guam’s historical symbols, tackles political debates, and portrays the island lifestyle. Onedera has actively been involved in preserving the indigenous language and culture of the Marianas Islands as a storyteller, playwright, educator, author, and poet. He received the Master Storyteller Award presented by the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency in 2015. He is also a member of the CHamoru Language Commission.
Chepchop Unai
Catherine Payne
Neill Catangay
At the seashore, or chepchop unai, a young boy named Juan learns how to build sand sculptures from his uncle. Although he is met with obstacles along the way, Juan keeps trying until he becomes a talented sand sculptor. Chepchop Unai highlights the beauty and importance of intergenerational sharing in the CHamoru culture. The book features captivating illustrations of Juan and his family at the beach and the unique island-inspired sand sculptures he creates there. Chepchop Unai is written mainly in English, and utilizes CHamoru words and phrases throughout the story to help teach the language.
An Islander's Voice
Frederick B. Quinene
An Islander's Voice, a collection of poems by Guam's Poet Laureate Federick B. Quinene, offers a unique perspective on love, life, family, culture, and politics on Guam from the powerful voice of a proud islander.
