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MĀNOA: A Pacific Journal of International Writing is a unique, award-winning literary journal that includes American and international fiction, poetry, artwork, and essays of current cultural or literary interest. An outstanding feature of each issue is original translations of contemporary work from Asian and Pacific nations, selected for each issue by a special guest editor. Beautifully produced, MĀNOA presents traditional alongside contemporary writings from the entire Pacific Rim, one of the world's most dynamic literary regions. Past volumes have featured new work from such places as the People’s Republic of China, Tibet, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Cambodia, French Polynesia, the Pacific Islands, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as well as Canada, Mexico, and South America.
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Volume 37, Number 2, 2026Table of Contents
Art
Poetry
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View Paraya Woman, and: Paraya God, and: The Nakedness of the Pages, and: Possible Sex, and: A Young Language, and: Death, and: Storm Sign, and: Treaty, and: With My Hands Filled with Poems, and: First Kiss, and: A House on My Back, and: Love of Writing, and: The Death of Ancient Words, and: The Forest’s Farewell, and: The Run, and: The Sound of Fire Burning, and: The Valor of Vulvas, and: The Earth, and: A Paratchi Can Commit Murder Too, and: Fresh Blood, and: The Abandoned Tomb, and: My Name Is River, and: A Poem of You and I, and: Returning Home, and: Let’s Kill the Fathers
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Paraya Woman, and: Paraya God, and: The Nakedness of the Pages, and: Possible Sex, and: A Young Language, and: Death, and: Storm Sign, and: Treaty, and: With My Hands Filled with Poems, and: First Kiss, and: A House on My Back, and: Love of Writing, and: The Death of Ancient Words, and: The Forest’s Farewell, and: The Run, and: The Sound of Fire Burning, and: The Valor of Vulvas, and: The Earth, and: A Paratchi Can Commit Murder Too, and: Fresh Blood, and: The Abandoned Tomb, and: My Name Is River, and: A Poem of You and I, and: Returning Home, and: Let’s Kill the Fathers
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| ISSN | 1527-943x |
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| Print ISSN | 1045-7909 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2026-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
