Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). I will never forget the two-pound SPAM® bust of George Washington he made for Liberation Day, toasted crispy on the outside with raw egg yolk in the hollow center.

Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamoru (Chamorro) from the Pacific Island of Guåhan/Guam. Craig Santos Perez for the Internet Wins re: cultural and racial appropriation!~ Reply.

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“This poem is an excerpt from a weekly series of poems I wrote during my wife’s pregnancy. No‘u Revilla (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi), Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi), Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo (Chamoru), and Tagi Quolouvaki (Fijian, Tongan) take readers into the vast Pacific ocean to swim beyond the reef in high tide, out to where the water meets the sky, only to circle back to the islands to taste the tears and sweat in coconut and guava, the smell of frangipani on the wind. Change ). Are you a white poet writing mediocre poems that are constantly rejected?

And no.. white Americans are not Italian, Spanish, Greek, Irish, or German.. they’re American.. they have no right to insert themselves into their “ancestral” cultures. Wow, I haven't seen this much SPAM® since I lived on Guam and the car dealership there started offering 50lb bags of rice and cases of SPAM® with every purchase. He is a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. Write about moving, letting go, saying goodbye. - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Used with permission of the author. Family Trees 2. A major thread of ethnic poetry is spoken word. "When the ocean waves are black, / When we feel like turning back, Hōkū shines its little light, / Guiding us all through the night.". I thought I had collected them all! Only a fool would start a company in Guam that provides SPAM® protection. As the third in this series, this anthology continues this weaving with the work of four emerging Pacific islander women poets from Guam, Hawai’i, and Fiji. This poem appeared in, "Twinkle, twinkle, small hōkū / Shining down on our canoe. after we turn off the tv and close the laptop—nālani reads to kaikainali'i a bedtime story: "Twinkle, twinkle, small hōkū / Shining down on our canoeUp above the sea so high, / Like a candle in the sky", count how many papuan children have been extractedto islamic boarding schools in jakarta—, "When the ocean waves are black, / When we feel like turning back,Hōkū shines its little light, / Guiding us all through the night. It cost me $10 and is the most expensive SPAM® I've ever bought. / Rain may pour from up above. Not coincidentally, SPAM® is also popular in Hawaii, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Saipan, all places with a history of a U.S. military presence. Write about your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

“Despite the vast distance between Hawaii and Guahan (Guam), these islands and their peoples have experienced similar cultural, historical, ecological, and political struggles. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Write about white culture–your customs, values, and practices. (to my wife, nālaniand our 7-month old daughter, kai), in collaboration with my wife, Brandy Nālani McDougalland our one-year old daughter, Kaikainaliʻi, kaikainaliʻi wakes from her late afternoon napand reaches for nālani with small open hands—, count how many papuan childrenstill reach for their disappeared parents—, using my iphone, i change my facebook profile pictureto a graphic of the morning star flag and sharean article about the grasberg mine— gaping open pit, count how many papuan childrenare dying from copper poisoning each year—, kaikainaliʻi watches cartoons on our flat screen tvwhile nālani and i watch an online documentaryabout west papua #forgottenbirdofparadise, count how many papuan children have watchedtheir loved ones mounted and shot—. I have a souvenir can I bought after seeing Monty Python's SPAM®ALOT on Broadway. ... more. In 2004, Public Health reported that heart disease was the leading cause of death on Guam, representing 33.7% of deaths. Ode and Elegy to Drinking a Can of Coconut Water with My Dad in California, Ode and Apology to the Chamorro Restaurant in the Diaspora, 100 Healing Rituals for Chamorros Suffering from Homesickness and Diaspora, Ode (Ending with a Confession) to the First Mango I Ate on Guam After Decades Away. Twinkle, Twinkle, Morning Star.

This breakthrough book examines dynamic intersections of poetics and geography.

". Hormel Foods donated 40,000 cases of the belly-filling foodstuff to the Salvation Army's disaster relief effort. three books of poetry. That's about six million SPAM®burgers! Micronesians in Denial 4. Write about larger settler movements and their consequences. You'll be like Santa Claus meets Mr. Clean. This collection approaches geopoetics as a practice by bringing together contemporary geographers, poets, and artists who contribute their research, methodologies, and creative writing. Also what is ethnic? Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam, writes about themes such as Pacific life, immigration, ancestry, colonialism, and diaspora. Despite rumors, SPAM® is NOT made of such odds and ends as hooves, ears, brains, native people, or whole baby pigs. ( Log Out / 

", count how many hashtags it will take to trendbleeding black island bodies strip-mined by bulletscrushed into slurry by military boots pumpedthrough pipelines across poisoned rivers and treelesslands, shipped overseas and enslaved by our technology—, papuan cousins, imagine somedaywe can talk story, chew betelnut, and colorthe soil with our spit as our children painttheir faces red and play #papuamerdeka, "Thunderclouds may push and shove.

Step 11: Ecologize. in collaboration with my wife, Brandy Nālani McDougall and our one-year old daughter, Kaikainaliʻi.

Richly diverse, the stories of Micronesia’s resilient peoples are as vast as the sea and as deep as the Mariana Trench. Guam is considered the SPAM® capital of the world. Talk to them.

Step 2: Listen.

", count how many papuan children are seeking refugeacross borders only to become forgotten refugees—, "Waves may fall or rise up high, / keep your eyes upon the sky,Hōkū peeks out in between, / Shining out its steady beam. The oils from the SPAM® moisturize the wood and give the furniture a nice luster. Write with passion, fierceness, and integrity. The kids loved it! He is a poet, scholar, editor, publisher, essayist, critic, book reviewer, artist, environmentalist, and … Reblogged this on Welcome to Aimee Suzara's Website. Craig Santos Perez. He is the editor of two anthologies and author of / Rain may pour from up above.Never fear, our star is strong, / Burning bright the whole night long. Step 2: Listen. Step 3: Attend. Craig is an indigenous Chamoru (Chamorro) from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam).

He has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Lannan Foundation, and he is the first Pacific Islander author to receive the American Book Award.

Maybe the economic downturn will help people truly appreciate SPAM® instead of loathing it.

You’re a white man.. a “Latino” but still a white man, so this is hilarious. Off-Island Chamorros 5.

You will learn how ethnic writing is diverse and exceeds all stereotypes and expectations. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The 24 chapters, divided into the sections “Documenting,” “Reading,” and “Intervening,” poetically engage discourses about space, power, difference, and landscape, as well as about human, non-human, and more-than-human relationships with Earth.

elishagabriel says: 09/11/2015 at 03:28 Reblogged this on Elisha Gabriel and commented: This is fab… Reply. Never fear, our star is strong, / Burning bright the whole night long.

Step 4: Culturize. MegEden says: 09/13/2015 at 05:45 Reblogged this on Confused Narwhal?. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. In fact, SPAM® may have been responsible for Hitler's defeat. Writers and artists from both places have been engaged in unwriting colonial representations and envisioning decolonial futures. With over two thousand islands spread across almost three million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia and its peoples have too often been rendered invisible and insignificant both in and out of academia.
But as I got older and tried to be "healthier" (whatever that means, haha), SPAM® faded from my consciousness. You can rub the entire block of SPAM®, along with the accompanying delicious gelatinous goo, onto wood furniture. Step 5: Genealogize. Bandcamp New & Notable May 27, 2020, Peacocks and Other Savage Beastsby Tenesha The WordSmith, Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabioby Sarah Webster Fabio, Understand What Black Isby The Last Poets, Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp, Fifty Years On, The Last Poets are Still a Vital Force, Essential Releases: Luk Thung Hip-Hop, Noise Rock, Bossa Nova, and More, Essential Releases: Indie, Alternative Rap, Video Game-Inspired Jazz, and More, Featuring interviews with Lex Amor and The Quiet Ones, plus an LP of the week by JISR. Write about your people’s foods, what you ate growing up, what symbolic meanings foods have to you. Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam, writes about themes such as Pacific life, immigration, ancestry, colonialism, and diaspora.

Eric Magrane, Linda Russo, Sarah de Leeuw, Craig Santos Perez. Try listening to one poetry video every day.

Step 1: Read. If you are not familiar with your culture, research: “American.”.

The end result can be found in the newspaper's obituary pages. Background In the Fall of 2015, I taught a graduate course on Pacific and International Eco-Poetics. SPAM® has a place not only in the stomachs of Guam's people, but in our hearts as well. If you answered yes, Dr. Craig’s 12-step program is designed to help you write like poets of color without committing ethnic fraud.

Write about your relationship to the natural world and other-than-human species. My uncle is the reigning Guam SPAM® king. It will appeal to academics and students in the fields of creative writing, literature, geography, and the environmental and spatial humanities, as well as to readers from outside of the academy interested in where poetry and place overlap. A major thread of ethnic poetry is spoken word. Step 8: Speak.


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