Abstract
ABSTRACTIn this interview conducted in 2014, the poet and academic Brandy Nālani McDougall discusses the ways in which her poetic practice intersects with her identity as a Kanaka Maoli wahine (Native Hawaiian woman) and her role as a literary activist. Born and brought up on Maui, the second largest Hawaiian island, surrounded by moʻolelo (stories), she is moved to write about her home, its history and people in ways that both reflect the past and project a vision of the future. Revealing the role of testimony in her writing, how kaona (hidden meaning) emerges as she writes and why she considers contemporary poetry as part of a continuum of Hawaiian literature, McDougall offers a glimpse into her kuleana (responsibility/privilege) as a poet.
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