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Tuvalu

Selina Tusitala Marsh has Tuvaluan and Samoan ancestry among her cultural connections and writes in New Zealand. Fast Talking PI foregrounds performance, Dark Sparring connects grief with training, and Tightrope examines personal and public tensions. These are three distinct collections by one poet, rather than a survey of Tuvalu’s literature. Read this as a diasporic route; broader author representation requires further verified editions. Mophead and Wot Knot You Got? extend this diasporic selection with a graphic memoir and a creative activity book for younger readers.

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Edition cover: Tightrope — Selina Tusitala Marsh
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Selina Tusitala Marsh

Tightrope

About the book

This Pasifika poetry collection explores memory, family and cultural belonging.

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Tightrope

Auckland University Press · 2017

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Edition cover: Fast Talking PI — Selina Tusitala Marsh
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Selina Tusitala Marsh

Fast Talking PI

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Marsh’s debut collection combines personal stories, poetic argument and the energy of performance poetry.

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Fast Talking PI

Auckland University Press

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Edition cover: Dark Sparring: Poems — Selina Tusitala Marsh
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Selina Tusitala Marsh

Dark Sparring: Poems

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Grief for her mother and kickboxing training shape a collection that also invokes Tuvalu’s faatele dance.

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Dark Sparring: Poems

Auckland University Press

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Edition cover: Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference — Selina Tusitala Marsh
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Selina Tusitala Marsh

Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference

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The poet’s graphic memoir explores growing up in New Zealand and learning to value difference.

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Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference

Auckland University Press

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Edition cover: Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life — Selina Tusitala Marsh
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Selina Tusitala Marsh

Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life

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Drawings and creative exercises help young readers untangle everyday worries.

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Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life

Auckland University Press

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