Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Mystery stories are thrilling, but they’re even more thrilling when they play out in your own backyard. In the current issue of BAMBOO RIDGE, Gail Harada’s short story, an excerpt from NO PLACE LIKE PARADISE, delivers all the suspicion and thrill of good detective fiction, plus it’s right here in Hawaiʻi with character’s you’ll recognize…
Lee Tonouchi’s “Some Kind of Jedi” is by far my favorite piece of fiction in the current issue of BAMBOO RIDGE. As often happens in Tonouchi’s work, where you begin is in no way an indication of where you’ll go, or where you’ll end up. “Some Kind of Jedi” takes its readers from the minor…
I went to the M.I.A. Art & Literary Series at Mercury Bar on December 8th to hear Bamboo Ridge writers Michelle Cruz Skinner, Lisa Linn Kanae, and Joe Tsujimoto read from some of their recent works. It was a brief gathering, but a fun, relaxing way to spend a weekday evening. Sadly, I arrived at…