Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages
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Ko taku reo, ko taku ohooho, ko taku reo mapihi mauria.
My language, my awakening, my language is the window to my soul.
This sparkling new collection brings more than 40 languages together, story by story, highlighting the beautifully complex realities of Aotearoa's multicultural and multilingual society. Including microfictions and creative nonfictions, plus 12 essays from language practitioners and experts, Te Moana o Reo holds words to the light, examining, contemplating and declaring who we are. This is a 21st-century view of Aotearoa, a taonga for our world.
Writers include: David Eggleton, Airana Ngarewa, Melanie Kwang, Karlo Mila, Ghazaleh Gol, James Norcliffe, Robert Sullivan, Lynn Jenner, Harry Ricketts, Jana Grohnert, Serie Barford, Lynn Davidson, Renee Liang, Hemi Kelly
Author: Michelle Elvy
ISBN: 9781988595832
Publisher: The Cuba Press
Published: 03/02/2025
Format: Paperback / softback
About the Author
Michelle Elvy is a short story writer, poet and editor working across many genres. She is founding editor of Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction, and her anthology work includes, most recently, Ko Aotearoa Tatou | We Are New Zealand and A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha.
Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Atiawa, Ngati Te Whiti) is a poet, novelist, writer and anthologist widely published across several genres in both his main languages, te reo Maori and English. His most recent collection as co-editor is Te Awa o Kupu, a collection of poetry and fiction.