Taggard Publishes Hawaiian Hilltop
Poet involved
What happened
In 1923, Genevieve Taggard published her second poetry collection, Hawaiian Hilltop, in San Francisco. The volume returns to the landscapes of her childhood, evoking the volcanic slopes, Pacific surf, and multiracial communities of Oahu with vivid sensory detail and a note of wistful nostalgia.
Literary impact
Hawaiian Hilltop solidified Taggard's reputation as a poet who could render place with painterly precision and emotional resonance. The collection's celebration of Hawaii's natural beauty and cultural diversity provided a counterpoint to the urban grit of her New York poems, and the tension between these two worlds would remain a generative force in her later work.
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