Chamorrita song / Danielle P. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Danielle P., author.

Series:

Sun tracks ; v. 99.

Sun tracks ; volume 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 78 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Chamorrita Song echoes its cultural counterparts, speaking to the nuanced nature of queer, Black and Indigenous people seeking to understand the intricacies of their existence through creative expression. These poems are artful homages powered by a lineage of storytellers and their traditions, created in conversation with their collective pain, and triumph"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Whenever I tell this story

The Valley of the Latte

Kantan Chamorrita

black body as [ ]bird

the fa'ñague in america

Chamorrita song

gospel

competing with myself

for hiding love from others

fa'ñague /fuh-nyah-gwee/

When people tell me that dancing hula makes you exotic

Steal away

creation myth

for fishing

Crystal stair

When people ask me what I am instead of who

for daughters

for places we've never been but dream of going to once we die

\ \ returning \ \

for mothers

for mothers pt. 2

anyone who does not know love is still in death

When people don't care to learn the difference between us

Tano I'Man Chamorro

for the chains I break free from

Bear in mind that death is a drum

for the children talking to us in heaven

devotional

Deep River

god / gäd /

Sugar King Park, Saipan

for the children who rot away, slowly

Yutu 2018

for all the time that has gone by

Black music

All the ocean

for what's felt in the body

When we talk about dreaming.

Notes:

"Rooted in oral tradition, Chamorrita Song pays homage to Black and Chamorro cultures, honoring the artistic expressions that these communities have created to reconcile lifetimes of imposed trauma. Bearing witness to these many narratives, Williams intertwines spoken word poetry and gospel music with Chamorro storytelling, weaving together the nuanced histories of queer, Black, and Indigenous existence and literature. Here Williams reveals capacious contemporary forms that speak to the future as well as to the past and that further ground lineages in homelands, finding strength and beauty in collective pain and triumph. These poems transform and spread the messages of those long silenced. They act as song and prayer."-- https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/chamorrita-song

Other Format:

Online version: Williams, Danielle P. Chamorrita song

ISBN:

9780816555161

0816555168

OCLC:

1528768125