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Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand page and performance poet born to a Samoan father and Palagi (New Zealand European) mother. Her poetry explores Pacifica and cross-cultural themes, as well as the borders between traditional and contemporary life, and between place and the self. She has toured both nationally and internationally performing her solo show ''Wild Dogs Under My Skirt'' which premiered at the 2002 Dunedin Fringe Festival. Her first book of poetry, also titled ''Wild Dogs Under My Skirt'', was published by Victoria University Press in 2004. Avia has also written the children's books ''Mele and the Fofo'' (2004) and ''The Song'' (2002). Avia won the 2005 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency at the University of Hawaii. In 2006 Avia was shortlisted for the Prize in Modern Letters. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals such as ''Takahe'', ''Sport'' and ''Turbine''. She currently works as a Lecturer at the Otara Campus of the Manukau Institute of Technology. ==References== *(New Zealand Listener ) *(New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre ) *(New Zealand Book Council ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tusiata Avia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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