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]Self Love
–We review Sue Cowing’s middle-reader novel, You Will Call Me Drog. [Hawaiʻi Book Blog]
Hawaiʻi Literary
-Nice review of two books, Regulating Paradise by David J. Callies and Living on the Shores of Hawaiʻi by various authors. Discusses the contrasting perspectives of the two: one focused on laws regulating political realities while the other focuses on natural law – the realities of physics, chemistry and geology. [The Maui News]
-Royal Colors: A statue of King Kamehameha in Kohala takes a conservator on a revelatory journey. [Star-Advertiser*] *requires subscription
-Baking (and breaking) bread with Darien Gee, plus a book giveaway. [Chick Lit Central]
-As Hawaii Library Budget Shrinks, Usage is at ‘All-Time High’. [Civil Beat]
-Not So Friendly ‘Friends’ Battle Over Library Support Heats Up at the Hawaii State Capitol. [Hawaii Reporter]
-A new fun travel site for kids from local illustrator Tammy Yee. [Travel n’ Stuff 4 Kids]
-Article on an upcoming event about the 1.5 generation excerpts Mary Yu Danico’s The 1.5 Generation: Becoming Korean American in Hawaiʻi published by UH Press. [Multi-American]
-Workshop Reflections from Donald Carreira Ching. [Bamboo Ridge Press]
-‘The Descendants’ hits close to home for Portola Valley man. [Almanac Online]
-Blog about Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell. Also some fun, “I visited Hawaiʻi” comments. [Necromancy Never Pays]
General Literacy
-The making of a blockbuster: The behind-the-scenes story of the readers and booksellers who launched the Hunger Games franchise. [Salon]
-The ‘Mad Men’ Book Club. [Daily Beast]
-Ladies… check this video out: B*tches in Bookshops (based on Jay Z and Kanye West’s “N*ggas in Paris”). [YouTube]
-Intermission: Art Carved Out of Books. [Good Design]
-‘On the Care and Feeding of Muses’ by local author Toby Neal. [Portland Book Review]
-Hear George R.R. Martin Read an Excerpt From His New Book, The Winds of Winter. [Vulture]
-Sci-Fi Writers…Your Science Might Be Terrible If… [Intergalactic Academy]
-The Power of Young Adult Fiction: Seven industry insiders voice their opinions on why YA has become such a phenomenon. [Room for Debate]
-NY Times Coverage of My Recent Visit to Tucson High (Where Mexican WhiteBoy Can No Longer Be Taught). [Matt de la Peña]
-Power Ranking the Top MMA Books. [Bleacher Report]
-Using Facebook and Goodreads In Your Marketing. [Elana Johnson]
-20 Great Ways Libraries are Using Pinterest. [Online Colleges]
-Writer’s Block. [nerd’s eye view]
-A Picture of Language. The curious art of diagramming sentences. [Opinionator/Draft]
Non-Literary Links
-It returns this Sunday! To prepare, check out this article: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2 for Dummies. [Daily Beast]
-Are you Team Snow White or Team Evil Queen? [chron.com]
-Hawaii island boy to represent state at National Spelling Bee. [Star-Advertiser]
-A Character-By-Character Guide to Race in The Hunger Games. [Jezebel]
-Different Racisms: On Jeremy Lin and How the Rules of Racism are Different for Asian Americans. [The Rumpus]
-Hawaiian Skink Declared Extinct. [Reptile Channel]
-Cities With Least Affordable Rent according to 24/7 Wall St. Guess who’s number one? [Huffington Post]
-Worst States to Make a Living 2012. Damn, is there a trend? [NASDAQ]
-Ancient Hawaiians Caught More By Fishing Less. [New York Times]
-Lawmakers Consider Olelo Hawaii Month Designation. [Maui Now]
-Because February shouldn’t be the only Hawaiian Language month… 1948. [nupepa] [gn_divider]
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