TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ihimaera,Witi Tame
AU  - Makereti,Tina
TI  - Black marks on the white page
SN  - 9780143770299
U1  - 823.010899 23
KW  - Short stories, New Zealand
KW  - Māori authors
KW  - Short stories, English
KW  - Oceania
KW  - Pacific Island fiction (English)
KW  - Iwi taketake
KW  - reo
KW  - Tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
KW  - Pakiwaitara
N1  - Short stories
N2  - "Stones move, whale bones rise out of the ground like cities, a man figures out how to raise seven daughters alone. Sometimes gods speak or we find ourselves in a not-too distant future. Here are the glorious, painful, sharp and funny 21st century stories of Māori and Pasifika writers from all over the world. Vibrant, provocative and aesthetically exciting, these stories expand our sense of what is possible in Indigenous Oceanic writing. Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti present the very best new and uncollected stories and novel excerpts, creating a talanoa, a conversation, where the stories do the talking. And because our commonalities are more stimulating than our differences, the anthology also includes guest work from an Aboriginal Australian writer, and several visual artists whose work speaks to similar kaupapa"--Publisher information
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