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MĀNOA: A Pacific Journal of International Writing is a unique, award-winning literary journal that includes American and international fiction, poetry, artwork, and essays of current cultural or literary interest. An outstanding feature of each issue is original translations of contemporary work from Asian and Pacific nations, selected for each issue by a special guest editor. Beautifully produced, MĀNOA presents traditional alongside contemporary writings from the entire Pacific Rim, one of the world's most dynamic literary regions. Past volumes have featured new work from such places as the People’s Republic of China, Tibet, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Cambodia, French Polynesia, the Pacific Islands, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as well as Canada, Mexico, and South America.
Editor: Frank Stewart, University of Hawai‘i
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Volume 23, Number 1, 2011Table of Contents
- Round-trip over the Ocean
- pp. 1-20
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0003
- Three Poems
- pp. 21-22
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0042
- Hawks
- pp. 23-24
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0034
- The Dog Snatcher
- pp. 27-48
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0010
- Okinawan Shaman Songs
- pp. 50-59
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0017
- Ryūka: Okinawan Lyric Poetry
- pp. 71-72
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0024
- Gods Beyond the Sea
- pp. 74-81
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0031
- Possessed by Love, Thwarted by the Bell
- pp. 98-111
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0000
- Mabuigumi
- pp. 112-134
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0041
- The Love of the Red Soil
- pp. 141-144
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0014
- Images of the Sacred
- pp. 147-150
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0021
- Riding a Bus in a Castle Town
- pp. 151-177
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0028
- Three Poems
- pp. 178-182
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0036
- Two Poems
- pp. 184-186
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0044
- The Wild Boar That George Gunned Down
- pp. 188-211
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0002
- The Cocktail Party
- pp. 213-253
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0005
- The Paper Plane at the Empire State Building
- pp. 254-278
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0012
- Editor’s Note
- pp. vii-xiii
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0046
- About the Contributors
- pp. 280-282
- DOI: 10.1353/man.2011.0019