Source: Radio New Zealand
Giving Birth to My Father, Tusiata Avia’s latest book of poems is the most challenging book she’s written, she says.
In it she shares her grief over the death of her father, Namu-lau’ulu Mikaio Avia and the difficult situations she faced with her extended family in Samoa.
The book has spent, “most of the last eight years hidden away,” she tells RNZ’s Culture 101.
New Zealand writer and poet Tusiata Avia
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi
