In partnership with the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, UH Better Tomorrow Speakers Series will welcome US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, along with No`u Revilla, Lehua M. Taitano, Brandy Nālani McDougall, and Mahealani Perez-Wendt, to read their poems published in Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry. The will be moderated by Craig Santos Perez, Chamoru author and Professor of English at UH Mānoa.
This live event will happen on October 23rd, 2021, at 3:30 PM (HST). Lead sponsors include the Hawaii Book and Music Festival and the Halekulani Hotel.
Online Conversation
Joy Harjo & Pacific Poets: Living Nations, Living Words
October 23rd, 2021
Speakers: Joy Harjo, No’u Revilla, Lehua M. Taitano, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, and Craig Santos Perez
Sponsors: Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kaiāulu by Kamehameha Schools, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hawaii Book and Music Festival, and the Halekulani Hotel.