Audio Recording Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I on July 19, 2020. Current, I

Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I
Audio recording of poet reading and discussing poem.

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Title
Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I on July 19, 2020.
Other Title
Current, I
Summary
Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses her poem "Current, I" on July 19, 2020, from her home on Pomo/Miwok Territory in Santa Rosa, California. Taitano is a queer CHamoru writer and interdisciplinary artist from Yigu, Guåhan (Guam) and co-founder of Art 25: Art in the Twenty-fifth Century. She is the author of two volumes of poetry -- Inside Me an Island and A Bell Made of Stones. Taitano's work investigates modern indigeneity, decolonization, and cultural identity in the context of diaspora.
Contributor Names
Taitano, Lehua M., author, speaker.
Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.
Created / Published
2020.
Subject Headings
-  American poetry--Indian authors
-  American poetry--21st century
-  Indians of North America--Poetry
Genre
Poetry
Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
Sound recordings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes
-  Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 31) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
-  In English.
Medium
1 audio file (0:09:11) : digital, wav
1 photograph : digital, png, color
2 manuscripts (15 pages) : digital, pdf
Source Collection
Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004
Repository
Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2020004.afc2020004_31_sr01
afc2020004.afc2020004_31_ph01
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afc2020004.afc2020004_31_ms02
Library of Congress Control Number
2020785231
Rights Advisory
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Lehua M. Taitano, "Current, I" first published in Arc Poetry Magazine, Issue 87 (2018). Copyright © by Lehua Taitano. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Photo courtesy of the author.
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Taitano, Lehua M., Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I on. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785231/.

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Taitano, L. M. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I on. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785231/.

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Taitano, Lehua M., Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Lehua M. Taitano reads and discusses Current, I on. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785231/>.

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