Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post.
The best part of the “huki” is that we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share them via comments or contact us!
[gn_divider]Links covering the week of January 16 – January 23, 2012*
Self Love
-We reviewed the book Buildings of Hawaii by Don J. Hibbard. A great architectural resource! [Hawaiʻi Book Blog]
-Manuhelekū — Penguin. lit., bird that walks upright. ʻAʻole maopopo ke ʻano e hana i kēlā mau manuhelekū ʻē aʻe. [ʻŌlelo of the Day]
Hawaii Literary
-Hobey Goodale’s book recalls the Garden Isle of old. [The Garden Island]
-Local sci-fi author Linda Nagata blogs about “Blood Orchids and Hawaiʻi’s book stores.” [Hahvi]
-And local author Toby Neal responds/adds to the conversation. [Toby Neal]
-Local writer Christine Thomas reviews Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaiʻi. [Literary Lotus]
-Hey book lovers! There’ll be a used book sale at Wahiawa Public Library all this week, Mon-Fri! [Hawaii News Now]
-Alexander Payne and Kaui Hart Hemmings on the Symbiosis Behind His Film and Her Novel. [Leo Adam Biga’s Blog]
-‘Lost Kingdom’: How Hawaiʻi joined America’s ‘destiny’. Review of Julia Flynn Siler’s new book. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette]
-Don’t forget to continue reading Bamboo Ridge’s renshi poetry on The Massie Affair w/ poets Christy Passion, Ann Inoshita, Jean Toyama and Juliet Kono. [Bamboo Ridge]
-The GoodEReader Ebook of the week is Toby Neal’s Blood Orchids. [GoodEReader]
-Recap & Homework assignment from the January M.I.A. Art & Literary Series. [M.I.A.]
-A book review of Molokai by Alan Brennert. [Much Madness is Divinest Sense]
-December winners in The Great BR Fishing & Wishing 100 – 100 Contest. [Bamboo Ridge]
-Mauna Kea: in Kamehameha’s time, it was always white. Nice blog talking about new book Hawaiʻi’s Mauna Loa Observatory: Fifty Years of Monitoring the Atmosphere. [Raising Islands]
General Literary
-Where have all the book illustrators gone? [The Independent]
-Local author Kiana Davenport gives some of her 2011 book recommendations. [Davenport Dialogues]
-Really Good Books You Could Spend Your Allowance On: Part Two [the hairpin]
-Favorite books of the secretly jerky. [the hairpin]
-10 Cult Literary Traditions for Truly Die-Hard Fans. [Flavorpill]
-The 10 Most Expensive Books in the World. [Flavorpill]
-Banning books in Tucson. [Consortiumnews]
-The Fifty Most Quoted Lines of Poetry. [Inky Fool]
-6×12: 12 comics to look forward to in 2012. [Comic Book Resources]
-Lake Superior State University 2012 List of Banished Words. [lssu.edu]
Off Topic Fun & Interest
-A nice slideshow tribute to all the Honolulu Police Officers killed in the line of duty. [Hawaii News Now]
-Awesome high definition time-lapse video of Yosemite. Watch on full screen and enjoy nature’s majesty! [Bad Astronomy]
-50 years of James Bond cars. [Yahoo!]
-Excerpted article about Ben Cayetano by local author, J. Arthur Rath III. [Hawaii Reporter]
-Sweet rides through islands’ sugar cane era. About the Kauaʻi Plantation Railway. [SFGate]
-Steven Tyler’s “Star-Spangled Banner” Was Terrible. But Was It The Worst Ever? [Deadspin]
-An interactive music box of Bach’s Prelude from his first cello suite. [Baroque.me]
-FileSonic shutters: Another file-sharing site bites the dust. [ZDNet]
-Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works. Not as bad as it sounds (only applies to foreign works). [Wired]
Parting Shot
via newyork.sbnation.com
New York Football Giants: NFC Champions. Going to the Super Bowl!
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*some exceptions to the date range may apply
