{"id":279231,"date":"2018-07-03T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=279231"},"modified":"2018-07-03T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:06:57","slug":"poet-laureate-frederick-quinene-publishes-collection-of-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/poet-laureate-frederick-quinene-publishes-collection-of-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet Laureate Frederick Quinene publishes collection of poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_279280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279280\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Poet-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Poet-pix-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-279280\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-279280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The book cover of An Islander\u2019s Voice, Guam\u2019s Poet Laureate Frederick B. Quinene\u2019s published collection of poems. (Contributed Photo)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frederick B. Quinene, Guam\u2019s Poet Laureate, has published a collection of poems entitled An Islander\u2019s Voice with the University of Guam Press. A book launch and author signing to celebrate the publication of An Islander\u2019s Voice will be held at 5:30pm on Thursday, July 12, 2018, on the second floor of the University of Guam\u2019s R.F.T. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).<\/p>\n<p>Quinene will read some of his poetry and autograph copies of An Islander\u2019s Voice, which will be available for sale at $15. Refreshments will be provided by the Quinene family.<\/p>\n<p>An Islander\u2019s Voice provides readers with a window into Quinene\u2019s deep love of Guam and a unique period in the island\u2019s history. The book includes writing on love and family; politics and insights on the Bordallo administration; CHamoru legends; and poems to mark funerals and family occasions. It also includes a beautiful collection of black-and-white photography by Ron J. Castro, depicting island scenes to accent the poems.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing Quinene\u2019s ability to make a difference with his poetry, former governor Ricardo J. Bordallo officially declared him the Poet Laureate of his administration on August 4, 1986, stating, \u201cFred Quinene has been blessed with the gift of a poetic pen, and possesses the ability to write beautiful, lyrical sonnets \u2026 and this gift should not go unnoticed and is most certainly a source of pride for all of Guam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quinene writes about the island and the CHamoru culture with love in both CHamoru and English. It is from this place of love that he also critiques important political and historical issues, and has always been vocal about Guam\u2019s colonization and relationship with the United States. This collection of poems is Quinene\u2019s gift to the people of Guam. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederick B. Quinene, Guam\u2019s Poet Laureate, has published a collection of poems entitled An Islander\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":279280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21804,51,21805,57],"class_list":["post-279231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-fred-quinene","tag-guam","tag-poet-laureate","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}