03/19/2026
Cornelia DeDona
**Genre:** Non-Fiction-Poetry Memoir
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Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League of American Pen Women. Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida. Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii.
Dedicated to Survivors of Domestic Violence.
Spirits collide with Madame Pele, Kamohoali’i, a shark god, vog, and fish.
Take an unflinching look at a false refuge, a hard bargain, and feasting on dim sum. Then boogie board to new heights, rushing in on the complexities of plastic, cats, and intimacy.
This liberal utopia takes no prisoners, hominid or otherwise.
