To a Young Artist in Contemplation: Poetry & Prose

by Sia Figiel

Genres: Poetry

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Sia Figiel was born in 1967. Author of novels, plays, and poetry, she has traveled extensively in Europe and the Pacific Islands, and has had residencies at the University of Technology in Sydney, the East-West Center in Hawaii, the Pacific Writing Forum at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, and Logoipulotu College in Savaii. She is also known as a performance poet and has appeared at several international literary festivals. Her first novel, where we once belonged, won the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize Best First Book for the Southeast Asia/South Pacic region. She lives in Samoa.

Reviews

[Talei · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the one where she tells her friend she's got a guy for her but he might be bald and have no teeth- is that still okay? There were lots of other ones of course... amazing book.