num_pages: 136
description: Using a replica of the native Chamorros' outrigger boats as his figurative vessel these poems explore the personal historical cultural and natural elements of the poet's native Guam. Combining and contrasting the fragmentary myths of the authors island ancestors intimate childhood stories of growing up on Guam and the history of his familys immigration to the United Stateswith primary histories and texts of the colonial domination and abuse brought on by Spain Japan and the United Statesthese poems give voice to the anguish of the oppressed as well as their hopes for the future. Referring to both the island nation of Guam and the uncharted expanses of ones own soul the unincorporated territory title reflects the author's attempts to express concepts that go beyond the current reaches of any language.
language: English
title: from unincorporated territory [saina]
publisher: Omnidawn