From Unincorporated Territory [Hacha] - Paperback

by Craig Santos Perez (Author)

from unincorporated territory hacha] is the first book of native Chamorro poet Craig Santos Perez's ongoing series about his homeland, the Western Pacific Island of Gu han (Guam). Perez weaves avant-garde, eco-poetic, indigenous, documentary, multilingual, and abstract expressionist modes to tell the complex story of Guam's people, culture, history, politics, and ecologies. Since its original publication in 2008, hacha] has received positive reviews, and it has been taught in universities throughout Asia, the Pacific, the United States, Canada, and Europe. This new and revised edition aims to bring the book to a new generation of readers.

Author Biography

CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ, a native Chamorro from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam), co-edited three anthologies of Pacific literature and authored two other poetry books: from unincorporated territory [saina] (2010, PEN Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize recipient) and from unincorporated territory [guma'] (2014, American Book Award recipient). He holds an MFA from the U of San Francisco and a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley. He is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Hawai?i, Manoa.