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Audio Recording Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You on August 3, 2020. This Island on which I Love You

Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You
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Title

  • Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You on August 3, 2020.

Other Title

  • This Island on which I Love You

Summary

  • Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses her poem "This Island on which I Love You" on August 3, 2020, from her home in 'Aiea, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Originally from Kula, Maui, McDougall is of Kanaka 'Ōiwi (Hawai'i, Maui, and Kaua'i lineages), Chinese, and Scottish descent. She is the author of a poetry collection, The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Pa'akai (Kuleana 'Ōiwi Press 2008), and has edited three Pacific poetry anthologies. She also served as a contributing editor for When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Her scholarly monograph Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature (University of Arizona Press 2016) was awarded the 2017 Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies. She is an Associate Professor specializing in Indigenous Studies in the American Studies Department at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. She lives on O'ahu with her partner and two daughters.

Names

  • McDougall, Brandy Nālani, author, speaker.
  • Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.

Created / Published

  • 2020.

Headings

  • -  American poetry--Indian authors
  • -  American poetry--21st century
  • -  Indians of North America--Poetry

Genre

  • Poetry
  • Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
  • Sound recordings
  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 04) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  In English; with 'ōlelo Hawai'i, and CHamoru.

Medium

  • 1 audio file (0:06:36) : digital, wav
  • 1 photograph : digital, jpg, color
  • 2 manuscripts (4 pages) : digital, pdf

Source Collection

  • Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020785204

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  • Brandy Nālani McDougall, "This Island on which I Love You" first published in New Poets of Native Nations, edited by Heid Erdrich (Graywolf Press, 2018). Copyright © by Brandy Nālani McDougall. Reprinted with the permission of the author. Photo by Craig Santos Perez, courtesy of the author.

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Credit line: Living Nations, Living Words (AFC 2020/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Mcdougall, Brandy Nālani, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You on August 3. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785204/.

APA citation style:

McDougall, B. N. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You on August 3. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785204/.

MLA citation style:

Mcdougall, Brandy Nālani, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Brandy Nālani McDougall reads and discusses This Island on which I Love You on August 3. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785204/>.