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Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana

Sisilia Eteuati & Lani Young

First published 2021
Publisher Tatou Publishing
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
ISBN 9789829175236
Cover art Lalovai Peseta
Pages 363

Notes

Only year on copyright page, month and day from Amazon.com POD, no number line Cover artist per copyright page Copyright page states "Editors: Sisilia Eteuati and Lanu Wendy Young", but title page lists Young's name as "Lani Young" Copyright page states "Cover Art: 'Blueprint' by Lalovai Peseta, 2018" Non-genre contents:

  • The Girl Who Saw the Moon's Sick by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (1)
  • Koviti Aikae by Lani Young (5)
  • On "Living the Dream" by Karlo Mila (17)
  • Sandpit by Gina Cole (31)
  • The Vuniwai by Mere Taito (33)
  • Kalofae / Ka alofa i ai / I Feel Love for Them by Sisilia Eteuati (43)
  • A-wake-(e)nd by Audrey Brown-Pereira (poem, 51)
  • Earth, Ocean by Shirley Simmonds (53)
  • The Road to Faa'imata by Caroline S. Fanamanu Matamua (63)
  • Family Pride by Nicki Perese (67)
  • I Am Clothed by Filifotu Vaai (poem, 73)
  • Finding Belonging in the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (75)
  • Hēninuka by Denise Carter-Bennett (poem, 79)
  • The Bumble Fumble: A Superbowl Sunday Misadventure by Filifotu Vaai (81)
  • Hanbok by Tanya Chargualaf Taimanglo (87)
  • Grown Girls Get the Broom's Sick by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (91)
  • Turukawa by Tulia Thompson (93)
  • I Don't Need to Remember by Kiri Piahana-Wong (poem, 101)
  • All Kinds of Bad Things Happened Down There by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (103)
  • Bloody Islanders by Lani Wendt Young (105)
  • Red Flags by Dahlia Malaeulu (117)
  • Manumea by Lily-ann Eteuati (123)
  • O Se Meaalofa Tautele by Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati (poem, in Gagana Samoa, 127)
  • Roller Coaster by Gina Cole (143)
  • Snake by Sisilia Eteuati (poem, 151)
  • Breathe by Laura Toailoa (153)
  • Modesty Tasi, Lua, Tolu by Nafanua PK (poem, 159)
  • Napina Reclaims by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (163)
  • Ivi by Sisilia Eteuati (poem, 173)
  • Sunday Fun Day by Filifotu Vaai (175)
  • Taking My Grandmother's Name by Kiri Piahana-Wong (poem, 181)
  • Putauaki by Ashlee Sturme (183)
  • A Dress for Mother by Audrey Brown-Pereira (193)
  • An Arranged Marriage of Sorts by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (195)
  • For My Yaca by Emmaline Pickering-Martin (197)
  • Ledger by Nafanua PK (poem, 203)
  • Blue Cake by Gina Cole (211)
  • Eclipsed by Arihia Latham (213)
  • Moana by Sislia Eteuati (poem, 221)
  • Te Rerenga Wairua by Gina Cole (223)
  • Rachieli by Tulia Thompson (225)
  • No Speak English by Lani Wendt-Young (235)
  • For the Learners of Gagana Samoa—O Se Fa'amanatu Mai Le Matāmatagi by Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati (poem, 241)
  • Missing My Pitu Pitu by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (243)
  • Tales of Tails by Lauren Keenan (247)
  • Supo Moa by Salote Vaai-Siaosi (253)
  • Musings to Christ While Baby Naps by Courtney Leigh Sit-Kam Malasi Thierry (259)
  • Pāreu by Stacey Kokaua (261)
  • The Story of My Life by Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche (poem, 277)
  • Roots by Sisilia Eteuati (279)
  • A Love That Once Was by Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen (283)
  • In the Beginning by Kiri Piahana-Wong (poem, 291)
  • Lemon Berry Is Bitter Sweet by Isabella Naiduki (293)
  • Whaea Fire by Ria Masae (299)
  • Face Recognition by Nafanua PK (poem, 305)
  • Nailed it by Ashlee Sturme (307)
  • Rainbow Club by Lani Wendt Young (311)
  • Her Garden by Vanessa Collins (327)
  • On Colonising Kupu by Sisilia Eteuati (poem, 331)
  • Shut by Nichole Brown (333)

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana Cover 2021 Tatou Publishing eBook Anthology Lalovai Peseta