{"id":281205,"date":"2018-08-01T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=281205"},"modified":"2018-08-01T06:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T22:06:45","slug":"new-poetry-book-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/new-poetry-book-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New poetry book now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_281206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281206\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Microchildren-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Microchildren-pix-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-281206\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-281206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microchildren, a collection of 53 original poems composed by student authors from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. (NMHC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Northern Marianas Humanities Council wishes to announce the publication of Microchildren, a collection of 53 original poems composed by student authors from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.<\/p>\n<p>These poems represent the winning entries (first to third places) in the Valentine Sengebau Poetry Competition, an annual CNMI-wide event established by the NMHC in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The NMHC named the competition in honor of the late Palauan author and long-time Saipan resident Valentine N. Sengebau, who composed dozens of poems on culture and identity in the 1970s. <\/p>\n<p>In 2004, the NMHC published Sengebau\u2019s poetry in a volume titled Microchild to ensure that his literary works would be available to future generations.  <\/p>\n<p>That same year, the NMHC established the Sengebau Poetry Competition to strengthen the literary skills of young writers in the CNMI. The competition has two divisions: a junior division for 7th and 8th graders and a senior division open to students in 9th to 12th grades.  The competition is held each year in October.<\/p>\n<p>The top-placing poems in Microchildren are from the competition\u2019s first decade from 2004 to 2013.  The volume has a foreword written by student competitor Olivia Hirsh and is illustrated with original images produced by local artist Peter Aldan, who is known for his striking graphic prints. <\/p>\n<p>The NMHC will distribute copies of Microchildren to school and public libraries throughout the CNMI.  Additionally, the book is available for $10 at the NMHC\u2019s office in Springs Plaza, Gualo Rai. <\/p>\n<p>Contact NMHC staff at 235-4785 for more information. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Marianas Humanities Council wishes to announce the publication of Microchildren, a collection of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":281206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,1120,22157,4156],"class_list":["post-281205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-nmhc","tag-olivia-hirsh","tag-peter-aldan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281205","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=281205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}