Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Two went in and, unlike Thunderdome, two came out as champions of the month. Congratulations to Sarahzh.728 Piihonua You’ve each won the much coveted prize of 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the BRP online store. The holidays are coming. The store is loaded with all kinds of good stuff. Check it out. Send an…
The 19th Hawaiʻi Book & Music Fest was Mayyyjah (and so is Kristiana Kahakauwila) by thomas iannucci So if you couldn’t tell by the title, I had a great time yesterday [Sat. 9/14]. The Hawaii Book & Music Festival (hosted at UH Mānoa) was back and fully in-person for the first time since Covid, and…
Congratulations to these August winners: Ernalinda Farmer Misty Sanico Piihonua Loudermilk Sarahzh.728 You’ve each won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BRP online store. Send a message saying you’re an August winner to [email protected] and you’ll receive a code you can use when you check out of the store. Congratulations again. Now head over…
Aloha to all you writers out there, and mahalo for your July submissions. Congratulations to Burt.Ramos, KimSaintPreux, and Blasuni. You’ve each won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the BRP online store. Send an email message to [email protected] and you’ll receive a code you can use when you check out of the store. Congratulations again…
Wing Tek Lum’s new collection of poetry, The Oldtimers, imagines life in Honolulu Chinatown circa 1900 and gives voice to a forgotten pioneer generation of sojourners and settlers, detailing the trials and temptations of this bachelor society living far from their homeland—their hard work, their diversions, their challenges, and, even amidst the notorious plague and…
Aiya! No more winners cuz no more entries. Wow. That’s little bit tragic, uh? I canna believe everyone in the world stopped writing. That’s majorly bad. Oh well, Lanning still hacking away. I would give him the 10 Bamboo Bucks just for having entered every month for the past 15 years, but I know he…
Congratulations to Sierraky2023. You are the winner of the May Writing Challenge. As always, the prize is 10 Bamboo Bucks you can use in the online store. Send an email message to [email protected] telling them you’re the May winner, and they’ll send you a code you can use when you check out of the store….
In 1978, Eric Chock, along with long-time friend and fellow writer, Darrell Lum, founded Bamboo Ridge Press, Hawaiʻi’s oldest continuously publishing non-profit independent literary press and journal. Over the course of five sessions and roughly 10 hours, Eric Chock spoke to Donald Carreira Ching about his childhood, his relationship with Darrell, the time leading up to the press’ founding, and the successes and challenges of running Bamboo Ridge. This is the fourth of those interviews.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Eric Chock on March 13, 2023. The interview took place via Zoom, and was conducted by Donald Carreira Ching for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project. This interview is the third of five sessions.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Darrell H. Y. Lum on June 10, 2022. The interview took place via Zoom, and was conducted by Misty Sanico for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project. This interview is part three of three sessions.