808 Literature gaining presence on the ‘net!

by Misty on October 9, 2009
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posted by M.L. Sanico As you may have read in HBB’s “About” section, we began this site over a year and a half ago because we felt that Hawai’i’s literary achievements deserved a bigger spotlight on the interwebs. We wanted to help share Hawai’i’s books with the world! Over the past year we’ve seen/found other blogs (like […]

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Book End: Weekend of Oct. 10

by Alex on October 9, 2009
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Well, another long work week is finally finished!  TGIF, right?  This week we introduced our latest contributor to Hawaii Book Blog, Dawn Sueoka.  She comes to us with a strong background in Library Science, creative writing, poetry and film.  Her inaugural post reviewed the poetry of Wayne Kaumualii Westlake.  Make sure you check it out and […]

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The Las Vegas Book Scene (pt. 1)

by Misty on October 8, 2009
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posted by M.L. Sanico Our trip to Vegas wasn’t exactly filled with fear and loathing. My goodluck rituals didn’t pay off since Alex was much luckier than I was and he only did half of the rituals. At least lady luck wasn’t so fickle with him and we were able to get back most of what […]

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Book Review: Westlake: Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake, edited by Mei-Li M. Siy and Richard Hamasaki

by Dawn on October 6, 2009
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posted by D. Sueoka   Westlake: Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake compiles poems written between the late 1960s and 1984, when Westlake was killed in a car accident on the Big Island. It includes translations of Han Shan, concrete poems, a manifesto, and the series “Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī.” These are poems about […]

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Book Review: Stories of Aloha by Jocelyn Fujii

by Alex on October 3, 2009
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[gn_quote]This is a story of those who define Hawaiʻi. This is a story of Aloha.[/gn_quote] It goes without saying that anyone who lived in Hawaiʻi knows Aloha Airlines was one of its long-standing institutions, one that served the Hawaiian Islands for over 61 years spreading the spirit of Aloha across the state and around the […]

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Book End: Weekend of Oct. 3rd

by Alex on October 2, 2009
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Hawaii Book Blog has returned from their sojourn in Las Vegas, the 9th Hawaiian Island, refreshed and ready to get back into Hawaii books and events!  The big news this week is that Hawaii is the winner of the First Book “What Book Got You Hooked?” campaign which will give 50,000 new books to underprivileged […]

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