"Talia is the debut poetry collection from Isla Huia (Te ti Haunui a-Pparangi, Uenuku). It is a critique of hometowns, an analysis of whakapapa, and a reclamation of tongue. It is an ode to the earth she stands on, and to a sister she lost to the skies. It is a manifesto for a future full of aunties and islands and light"--Back cover.