Noʻu Revilla

Noʻu Revilla (she / her / ʻo ia) is an ʻŌiwi poet and educator. Born and raised with the Līlīlehua rain of Waiehu on the island of Maui, she currently lives and loves with the Līlīlehua rain of Pālolo on Oʻahu. Her debut book Ask the Brindled (Milkweed Editions 2022) won the 2021 National Poetry Series. Her writing has been featured in Poetry, Lit Hub, ANMLY, Beloit, Poetry Northwest, and the Library of Congress. Her work has also been adapted for theatrical productions in Aotearoa as well as art exhibitions for the Honolulu Museum of Art and the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a lifetime “slyly / reproductive” student of Haunani-Kay Trask and teaches creative writing at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.