Lehua M. Taitano, a native Chamoru from Yigo, Guåhan (Guam), is a queer writer and interdisciplinary artist. She is the author of two volumes of poetry– Inside Me an Island (WordTech Editions, forthcoming 2018) and A Bell Made of Stones (TinFish Press). Her chapbook, appalachiapacific, won the 2010 Merriam-Frontier Award for short fiction, and her most recent chapbook, Sonoma, was published by Dropleaf Press.
Her poetry, essays, and Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction have appeared in numerous journals, including Poetry Magazine, Kartika Review, and Witness. She has served as an APAture Featured Literary Artist via Kearny Street Workshop, a Kuwentuhan poet via The Poetry Center at SFSU, and as a Culture Lab visual artist for the Smithsonian Institute’s Asian Pacific American Center. Taitano currently serves as the Community Outreach Coordinator on the Executive Board of the Thinking Its Presence: Race, Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies Conference.
Click here for a sample reading at The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, 2016.
Contact
lehuamtaitano@gmail.com
