Short Stories
Writing Da Tail: A Linked Community Story 2014
Mahalo to everyone who participated in our community linked story. ‘Writing Da Tail’ is a collaborative literary experiment intended to take the solitary act of writing and give it a visual, tactile, community presence… like the street art of creative writing. Each person who participated added to the “tail” of the story but only had […]
Hawaii short stories in 2013
Short story anthologies are a great way to “Read Local” if you’re short on time (yay puns!). Short story collections can be a convenient way to experience a diverse array of writing styles and literary flavors. They are also a useful way to introduce readers to new and different authors. Here are two great anthologies […]
Local Book Puts Modern Spin on Hawaiian Legends
Don’t Look Back: Hawaiian Myths Made New (Watermark Publishing, 2011) is a compilation of short stories and excerpts from local authors inspired by Hawaiian legends. Edited by Christine Thomas with a Foreword by Puakea Nogelmeier, Don’t Look Back is a must-have addition to any myth lover’s library. Myths and legends are a common denominator meant […]
Book Review: Filipino Ghost Stories
Here’s a new book perfect for October or really any time of the year: When we think of October, it’s easy to associate it with Halloween. Ghost stories, haunted houses, scary costumes—all of these things go hand-in-hand with the month. But October is also Filipino-American History Month for those of you paying attention to our […]
October’s ‘Coming Attractions’ in Hawaii Fiction! Plus, mini-reviews on previous novels
I’m so excited!! The much anticipated novel Three Years on Doreen’s Sofa by Lee Cataluna is coming out on October 1st! I’ve been waiting for this book since the first excerpt appeared in the Spring 2007 Issue 91 of Bamboo Ridge Journal. And again when a second excerpt appeared in Issue 94. Then during the […]
Book Review + Event Info: The Hawaii Book of Rice
When I was going away to college my grandma gave me a cute little rice cooker to take along. I didn’t use it much the first year since I was on a meal plan and my roommate drank more than she ate. In sophomore year, I lived with some girls from Hawaii, who as it […]
‘We Go Eat’: A real fas’, drive-tru book review
I went to a party once at a coworker’s house in Hawaii Kai, really nice digs. We drank wine; no green bottle or a Bud Light in sight. We ate hors d’oeuvers–you know, fancy kine pupus–and small sandwiches. I know, what kine party dat? I turned to Alex and said, “Cute yah, your san’wich! We […]
Poetry & Prose: A review of ‘Ho’okupu’
[gn_frame align=”right”][/gn_frame]Hoʻokupu: An Offering of Literature by Native Hawaiian Women (Mutual Publishing, 2009) won two Ka Palapala Poʻokela Honorable Mentions last year in both Hawaiian Culture and Literature. It’s a collection of short stories, chants, poems and plays that focus on life and culture in contemporary Hawaiʻi. The writing in this book is incredibly candid […]
Book Review: Slices of Life in Hawaii Volume 1
Writer, reporter, biographer, poet. These are just a few words to define a man so multifaceted and with such a love for prose that he can fill this book, Slices of Life in Hawaii Volume 1, with over sixty-five short stories and poems about Hawaii’s people, history and culture. This man, J. Arthur Rath III, is […]
April Fool’s Day! Kamapua’a the Hawaiian Trickster
Happy April Fool’s Day! I’m not much of a prankster myself, but several of my closest loved ones are. I’m usually their favorite target because I’m terribly gullible and naturally inclined to believe others. So, every year I try to be especially on guard on April 1st… wish me luck! But seriously, when your mother […]
Book Review – Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming
It was the Marcos regime in the mid-1970s that coined the term balikbayan by joining the Tagalog words balik, to return, with bayan, meaning town and nation. A balikbayan’s relationship to the Philippines is construed in terms of his sentimental attachments to his hometown and extended family rather than his loyalty to the nation-state. At […]
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