Book End: Weekend of November 11, 2011

by Alex on November 11, 2011
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It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaiʻi. APEC got you down?  Well there’s still tons of great book events that need your support!  Be sure to check out what’s happening this weekend and help support Hawaiʻi’s literary scene. Happy Veterans’ Day Hope […]

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Hear the Voice of Veterans with Maxine Hong Kingston

by Alex on November 10, 2011
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News Release [gn_quote]”Veteransʻs stories and poems are immense in scope and in heart, and — amazingly — full of life and laughter. They … tell the truth, and so make peace.” — Maxine Hong Kingston.[/gn_quote] On Veterans Day (11/11/11), Maxine Hong Kingston will lead a reading of veterans’ writings at the Friends Meeting House in Manoa […]

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Hawaiʻi Veterans Day Book Recommendations

by Misty on November 11, 2009
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Happy Veterans Day to all of the active and retired service members whose tremendous sacrifice has enabled us to enjoy so many liberties. Alex and I are both local Army-brats and having grown up in military families we celebrate Veterans Day with devotion. We are both unabashed patriots (especially Alex) and I couldn’t let another national holiday go […]

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