Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
“Lucky You Live Hawaii” by Dennis Nakano * * * * * Bio: “Lucky You Live Hawaii” was staged by Kumu Kahua Theatre at the Kennedy Lab Theater, and…
“On Being Local” by William Stafford All events and experiences are local, somewhere. And all human enhancements of events and experiences — all the arts — are regional in…
Leaving by Cathy Song Wahiawa is still a red dirt town where the sticky smell of pineapples being lopped off in the low lying fields rises to mix with…
Precious by Darrell H.Y. Lum On Mama's bureau in a gold frame, almost hidden by the baby and graduation pictures is the yellowing picture of Goong-goong when he was…
The Shrine by Jody Manabe I speak of him, father, because he is There with his hands in his pockets, in the end Of the garden listening to the turning…
Communion By Patsy S. Saiki It was quiet, deathly quiet, and that was strange, for Morio Tamura's life had always been full of sounds. There had been the…
Ass Why Hard by Garrett Kaoru Hongo We sit out on the concrete slab of our backyard patio, catching the sun sifting through apricot and lemon trees, both of us…
Inheritance by wanda fujimoto my grandmother died before I had a face she reclaims me now with silence and a brown photograph: her kimono, hair, face,…
Nowadays Not Like Before by Tony Lee Danny stretched his massive body along the wooden bench that he often used as a bed. It was a windy night and he…
Congratulations! Here are the August “whatevah” winners selected from entries posted before Midnight, August 31, GMT Aloha again to all of you, and mahalo, again, for your entires in the…