From “Nou O Makana,”                      by Frederick B. Wichman            When the Menehune still lived on Kauai, a high chief of Hale-le`a and his followers came to visit the sandy…

Excerpt from Who da Guy                                          by Hiroshi Kawakami . . . MY PET DOG            I have seen obedience training for dogs. They do wonders. It is unbelievable. They…

Excerpt from “The Ten Rules of Fishing”                                By Lisa Masumoto . . .            But there was one thing that Kelly enjoyed more than her grandmother's songs and dances,…

Aloha to the BAMBOO RIDGE 'ohana, and a very Happy almost spring to all of you. Hope you all survived the Ides of March. Reminds my of the Oscar Wilde…

From the Introduction, by Diane Mark: . . .            With decades of demeaning portrayals of Asians in film and television, the tendency for contemporary Asian American filmmakers has been…

The Return of the Moon                                By Dana Naone I The thought of being away                      from you makes the golden dragon                      leap from the lacquer tray The roof…

To Buddy, on the Edge                                          by Dean H. Honma Buddy calls the other day tells me, “got some good deals, brah,” says the bay won't break again till September,…

Poem for Kaho`olawe                                by Tammy Laborte, Grade 4 Kaho`olawe is quiet as the sun on it as the wind whipers to the island well you rest you think Untitled…

A Visitor from Alaska                                          by Ben Asakura           The first time I saw it was on a very warm Saturday afternoon in September, perhaps in 1974. Our foursome was walking…

Riding the North Point Ferry                                                    by Wing Tek Lum Wrinkles: like valleys etched by glaciers lumbering coarse and deliberate, random traces pointing to that vast, dark sea. The skin…