Book Launch and Readings with authors
Caroline Sinavaiana and Susan M. Schultz
Sunday, February 9, 3pm
at Revolution Books
Caroline Sinavaiana, born in Utulei, Tutuila, is Associate Professor of
English at UH-Manoa. Her creative work includes two collections of
poetry: Alchemies of Distance and Mohawk/Samoa. She is co-editor of a
special issue for Pacific Studies: Women Writing Oceania."Sina" will be reading from "Nuclear Medicine," her soon-to-be published
memoir about her treatment for breast cancer. The memoir is written in
three traditions, American, Samoan, and Buddhist, but also concerns
western medicine, which she terms "another country."
Susan M. Schultz is author of Dementia Blog (Volumes 1 and 2) and Memory
Cards: 2010-2011 Series, among other books. She edits Tinfish Press and
professes poetry and American literature at UH-Manoa. The two volumes
of Dementia Blog chronicle her mother's illness from 2006 until her
death in 2011.Susan will read from "Welcome to Her Disease". She also promises that, in spite of the seriousness of the pieces each poet will be presenting, they'll also bring a lot of humor to the afternoon.
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