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This collection weaves Sinavaiana-Gabbard's many contexts and continuities into a fine tapestry. Reading it has enriched my place and widened my space, for alchemies of distance is both about the here and now, as well as the there and then, and continues a beautiful synthesis of perspectives, cultures and life struggles. --Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific Sinavaiana-Gabbard draws her imaginative strength and mana from the fertile depts of her Samoan people's mythologies, past, and wisdom, as well as from the cultural soil of North America and Tibetan Buddhism. Her voice is a new blend of Samoan, American, and widely ranging poetic and philosophical languages. A unique, vibrant, undeniable voice which shapes the now fearlessly, with profound understanding and forgiveness. --Albert Wendt, University of Auckland |