At a recent meeting today with Misty Sanico and Richard Melendez, the topic of personal journeys came up. But not just the inner journeys we navigate, but also the questions of identity, community, and place that we articulate into our prose and/or poetry. All genres reflect the individual, regardless of the disclaimers we attach to…
I’ve been thinking a lot about process lately, one, because I am working on novel revisions, and two, because as a composition teacher process is a habit I teach students is significant because of its impact on the depth of their discussion, and on the organization and effectiveness of their arguments. But as a creative…
Following the recent and unfortunate news that the Honolulu Weekly would be shutting its doors, I was tempted to write a post on the [local] book industry, something I’ve been mulling over since maybe two years ago when readers and writers found empty square-footage where their Borders used to be. I intentionally use the pronoun…
In her essay on creative writing pedagogy, ‘WRIT101: Ethics of Representation for Creative Writers’, Shady Cosgrove, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Wollongong, ponders the question: “…should creative writers be expected to study the ethical implications of their craft?” (Cosgrove 134). She argues that creative writers, specifically fiction writers, have often “escaped” scrutiny…
The editors visited with the 5th graders at Maemae where Eric and Darrell first met in Mrs. Perry's first grade class.
Wing Tek Lum visits St. Andrew's Priory School to read and discuss pieces from his upcoming collection, 'The Nanjing Massacre: Poems.'
On Thursday, November 1, Kapiolani Community College celebrated Bamboo Ridge’s 100th issue during WI Fest. Authors, Donald Carreira Ching, Lisa Linn Kanae, Normie Salvador, Eric Paul Shaffer, Bill Teter, and Moriso Teraoka, read to a large audience in the Lama Library that included students who read this issue in David Uedoi’s class. After the reading,…
Wing Tek Lum visited Hawaiʻi Pacific University's undergraduate-student-run literary magazine class, Wanderlust. There he sat among the students in a circle, creating a warm and engaging feel. Lum opened his presentation with a brief overview of Bamboo Bridge Press. He explained its origins and the mission statement, creating a home for local writers. Bamboo Ridge…
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