Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Editor’s Note, vii
ESSAY
Maternal Deities and the Ancestry of Humanity
Takara Ben, 60
Possessed by Love, Thwarted by the Bell: An Overview
Kathy Foley and Nobuko Miyama Ochner, 83
A Living Legacy
Öshiro Sadatoshi, 135
Images of the Sacred
Frank Stewart and Katsunori Yamazato, 147
FICTION
Round-trip over the Ocean
Sakiyama Tami, 1
The Dog Snatcher
Nakawaka Naoko, 27
Mabuigumi
Medoruma Shun, 112
Riding a Bus in a Castle Town
Öshiro Tatsuhiro, 151
The Wild Boar That George Gunned Down
Matayoshi Eiki, 188
The Paper Plane at the Empire State Building
Nagadö Eikichi, 254
POETRY
Three Poems
Yamanoguchi Baku, 21
Hawks
Kawamitsu Shinichi, 23
Okinawan Shaman Songs
Christopher Drake, 50
Nothing Can Compare: Okinawan Folk Songs
Wesley Iwao Ueunten, 65
Ryüka: Okinawan Lyric Poetry
Traditional, 71
The Love of the Red Soil
Yonaha Mikio, 141
Three Poems
Makiminato Tokuzö, 178
Two Poems
Takara Ben, 184
DRAMA
Gods Beyond the Sea
Öshiro Tatsuhiro, 74
Possessed by Love, Thwarted by the Bell
Tamagusuku Chökun, 98
The Cocktail Party
Öshiro Tatsuhiro, 213
About the Contributors, 280