Here was Once the Sea: An Anthology of Southeast Asian Ecowriting (Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing)

Here was Once the Sea features poetry, fiction, and nonfiction guest edited by Rina Garcia Chua, Esther Vincent Xueming, and Ann Ang. While many of these works are comprised mostly of anglophone texts, which reflects the aspirations of regional writers to speak across borders and to the globe at large, several native languages appear on these pages. Here, Southeast Asia refers to the constituent nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as their associated diasporas. The writers and the peoples of the region live and remember more profoundly than we know. Their work explores the ecological across a multiscalar spectrum, featuring both geological landscapes and visceral botanical or animal entanglements, inheriting histories and spiritualities that defy and disrupt modern epistemologies. Together they represent a chorus of offerings, first and foremost to the land and the sea; and secondly to you, our readers, as an invitation to attend to the urgencies and travails of our homes. These are the stories we share and the stories we carry in our pasiking (basket) as we follow movements towards our destinies. These are the stories that sing of hope―for ourselves and for our world; ones that we whisper silently to ourselves as we touch our lips to the familiar earth and wait for the incoming monsoon rain to fall gently on our backs, our fields, our rivers. MA 35-2_00a_Frontmatter MA 35-2_00b_TOC_online temp:book:TitleC_1 MA 35-2_00d_Artist Statement on The Chorus Offering Compliments #2 _online Artist Statement on ``The Chorus Offering Compliments'' #2 (Sembahku yang terakhir kali) MA 35-2_01_Editors Introduction_CE_online Here was Once the Sea: An Anthology of Southeast Asian Ecowriting: Introduction WORKS CITED MA 35-2_02_Barokka_doa tanah_dirt prayer_online doa tanah / dirt prayer MA 35-2_03_Nam_Into the Vale_online Into The Vale MA 35-2_04_T_Bird Vomit Vomit Bird_online Bird Vomit, Vomit Bird MA 35-2_05_Chuc_Saola_online Saola MA 35-2_06_Carnice_Rhinoceros_online Rhinoceros MA 35-2_07_Aphrodite_Mother Tongue_online Mother Tongue MA 35-2_08_Bichara_Finding Faults and Dragons_online Finding Faults and Dragons MA 35-2_09_feby_Mother Body_online Mother Body MA 35-2_10_Hidayat_Batulayar Hill_online Batulayar Hill: West Lombok, 2022 MA 35-2_11_Chuc_Hoang Lien Son Mountains_online Hoang Lien Son Mountains MA 35-2_12_Ortego_Those Who Dwell in the Wilderness_online Those Who Dwell in the Wilderness An mga Taga-hurón MA 35-2_13_Yin_Borneo Reborn_online Borneo Reborn MA 35-2_14_Yang_Notes on Plants_online Notes on Plants MA 35-2_15_Abalajon_Letter to America_ I [erasure]_online Letter to America: I [erasure] Notes MA 35-2_16_Shea_Mother Divine_online Mother Divine MA 35-2_17_Anh_Dislocation_online a dislocation MA 35-2_18_Benitez_Of Plants and Ghosts_online Of Plants and Ghosts MA 35-2_19_Chan_Blue_online blue MA 35-2_20_Angeles_Hut in a Bottle_online Hut in a Bottle MA 35-2_21_Nilah_What did you lose_online : (What Did You Lose?) MA 35-2_22_Rahim_The Restoration_online The Restoration MA 35-2_23_Mei-Yi_Clay_online Clay MA 35-2_24_Hidayat_Sumbawa_online Sumbawa1: Mataram, 2022 MA 35-2_25_Ho_Coat Buttons_online Coat Buttons MA 35-2_26_Jerez_A Symphony of Waves_online A Symphony of Waves I II III IV V VI MA 35-2_27_Barokka_tsunami warning facing shore_online tsunami warning, facing shore MA 35-2_28_Rahman_Fishermen Facing Down the Storms_online Fishermen Facing Down the Storms MA 35-2_29_Chuc_My Mother is a River_online My Mother Is a River: Mekong Delta, Việt Nam MA 35-2_30_Yapan_Flies in the Mountain of Water_online Flies in the Mountain of Water Mga Bangaw sa Bundok ng Tubig MA 35-2_31_Carnice_Beginnings of a Bridge_online The Beginnings of a Bridge MA 35-2_32_Nam_Earth Mother_online Earth Mother MA 35-2_33_Lee_The Belly of the Beast_online The Belly of the Beast MA 35-2_34_Ng_Clouded Eyes in Paradise_online Clouded Eyes in Paradise MA 35-2_35_Feng_We Don_t Sleep at Night_online We Don't Sleep at Night MORNING, HIGH TIDE, WAXING CRESCENT. EVENING, EBB TIDE, WAXING GIBBOUS. LATE AFTERNOON, LOW TIDE, THIRD QUARTER. MORNING, FLOOD TIDE, FIRST QUARTER. EVENING, LOW TIDE, FULL MOON. MA 35-2_36_Shaker_I Should Have Named My Daughter Kaduk_online I Should Have Named My Daughter Kaduk MA 35-2_37_Nam_After Us_online After Us MA 35-2_38_Yang_Come Home_online Come Home: 8 Responses to the Phrase, Go Back to Where You Came from MA 35-2_39_Author Bios_online About the Contributors Untitled Untitled