As overheard on Twitter (paraphrased): “Geek Alert: Sarah Vowell is coming to Hawaii!” Fans of NPR’s radio show “This American Life” know Sarah Vowell’s distinct voice and enlightening opinions. Kids might recognize her as being the voice of Violet in Disney/Pixar’s brilliant animated film, The Incredibles. Readers have followed her exploits around America through […]
Review Policy We are primarily nonacademic in review with formal literary critiques only as needed. We love books and sharing information about local authors and events and are always excited to hear about new releases or discovering old favorites. Please note that unless otherwise noted in the post itself, all of the books we review […]
The world’s books are as diverse as the people who read and author them. Hawaiʻi’s own literary landscape is beautifully unique because of the various cultures that inhabit its islands. Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London—these are well known names in literature, but they are also important to Hawaiʻi’s individual literary history. These great […]
This Book End is a little different—depending on what happens overnight, the events listed here may or may not happen as listed. As I’m typing this now, we’re a few hours into the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Japan. The footage on television is completely astonishing; the destruction as the water […]
Here’s to a Happy Labor Day for all. What will you be doing today? When you think of Labor Day a number of things typically come to mind: the end of summer, the start of NFL season, backyard barbecues, one last hurrah at the beach—that is if you lived somewhere other than Hawaii and the […]
ARTICLE/REVIEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The literary scene in Hawaiʻi is just so vibrant and busy that we wish we could be everywhere at once. Although we do try, it’s impossible to cover everything, so we decided to open up our website to submissions. Is there a local book you’ve read and you’d like to share a short […]
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Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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