A review by plannedandplanted
Aina Hanau / Birth Land by Brandy Nalani McDougall

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

I don’t think I’ve ever connected with a book of poetry like this before. Granted, I don’t read much poetry to begin with. But I really enjoyed a lot of poems & passages in this. Especially once I started reading it aloud and feeling the words in my mouth. A lot of emotional insight into Hawaiian life but also a lot of factual things, and I feel like I learned a ton of the language by the end. The birth metaphors just made it all the more powerful.