{"product_id":"ulu","title":"Ulu","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten by Kai Gaspar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover, 137 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA raw and lyrical poetic memoir, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUlu\u003c\/em\u003e captures with haunting vivacity the world of Hōnaunau, Hawaiʻi in the 1970s and 80s: the humanity and hunger of its unforgettable villagers, who “seed and feed and breed in the dark,” the sensual coming-of-age of the poet narrator, who, with his keen eye, and desire to protect and heal, “honors, recollects, and chronicles both the troubled and the healing moʻolelo of his ‘āina.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUlu\u003c\/em\u003e, Kai weaves together themes of “broken family, queer exploration, and aching love of land and culture,” creating a timeless work of art that has received praise from some of Hawaiʻi and Oceania’s most beloved and well-respected poets and authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecial introductions by Brandy Nālani McDougall and Dan Taulapapa McMullin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUlu\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Enter us Kai māhū, with your māhū poems, word by word, with your healing māhu, with your pain keiki māhū, with all the pain of your ulu, the glory of your ulu, all the savage grace of your ulu, the flowers and filth of your ulu, the laws broken and the laws made of your ulu māhū, enter us and sing māhū, ka ulu māhū, hoʻoulu mai.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Dan \u003c\/span\u003eTaulapapa McMullin\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, author of Coconut Milk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eA magnificent addition to the body of poetry written by Kai’s people.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e— Albert Wendt, author of Leaves of the Banyan Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“A deft imagist, Gaspar immerses you in the raw surreality of an ‘āina that is at once ancestral and familiar, where the supernatural is natural and darkness provides safety…”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e— Brandy Nālani Mcdougall, Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-large\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKai Gaspar is a Kanaka ‘Ōiwi poet and teacher whose works have been published in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMauri Ola\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContemporary Polynesian Poems in English\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhetu Moana II\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTinfish\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYellow Medicine Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHawai‘i Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUlu\u003c\/em\u003e is Kai’s full-length debut.  Kai is from Hōnaunau.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Native Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647958827290,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/files\/Unknown_31bac181-2369-4d63-89a4-7e7ed06052eb.jpg?v=1705534778","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/ulu","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}