Books

Paradise Camp

Editor: Natalie King

Texts: Emeritus Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku; Reverend Ruperake Petaia; Chantal Spitz; Dan Taulapapa McMullin; Ioana Gordon Smith; Daniel Satele; Coco Fusco; Patrick Flores; Elizabeth Childs; Natalie King and Yuki Kihara

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

Year: 2022

Link: https://thamesandhudson.com/paradise-camp-by-yuki-kihara-9781760761424  

Overview: Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first Fa'afafine artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia, with a ground-breaking exhibition of new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time. Kihara's work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, consumerism, (mis)representation, and colonial legacies in the Pacific. Edited by Natalie King, who has commissioned provocative essays from contributors from around the world, Paradise Camp contextualizes Kihara’s lifetime of works, which puncture and expose queer and question dominant narratives, turning so-called history on its head.

Samoan Queer Lives

Editor: Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Yuki Kihara 

Texts: Tuilagi Seiuli Ailani Allan Alo Va`ai; Resitara Apa; Brian Fuata; Matautia Phineas Hartson; Memea Eleitino Ma`aelopa; Shevon Solipo Kaio Matai; Jean Melesaine; Sal Salamaotua Tatupu Poloai; Kiana Rivera; Isaako Si`uleo; Tootooali`i Roger Stanley; Taualeo`o Stephen Stehlin; Alex Su`a and Iereneo Tauailauti Veavea; Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Yuki Kihara

Publisher: Little Island Press

Year: 2018

Link: https://press.littleisland.nz/books/samoan-queer-lives 

Overview: First of its kind, ‘Samoan Queer Lives’ is a publication that features 14 autobiographical chapters from Fa’afafine & LGBTIQ Samoans based in Sāmoa, Amerika Sāmoa, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawai’i & Turtle Island USA co-edited by Dan Taulapapa McMullin and Yuki Kihara published by Little Island Press (NZ). All proceeds made from ‘Samoan Queer Lives’ are donated to support Fa’afafine organizations in Sāmoa and Amerika Sāmoa.