Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Congratulations to Sarah Ward. You’ve won the much coveted 10 Bamboo Bucks prize, and you can use them in the BRP online store. Send a message to: [email protected] saying that you’re a March winner, and you’ll receive a message with a code you can use when you check out. Now head over and see this…
Penmanship 1. My father had the most beautiful signature. Driven by compulsion, he made fast little circles in the air above the paper with his pencil, the lead he wet with his tongue. The motion had the same spin as the red wind on the cane roads that picked off hats and bent the grass…
in faddah’s voice… Thomas Iannucci · boy (demo 2)
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Bamboo Ridge Press has been digging through the old website database to unearth past blog stories from our talented ʻohana. In this heartfelt narrative, Marie Hara, the former Board President and cherished friend of Bamboo Ridge Press, takes us on a nostalgic journey back to her childhood in Kapa‘au on Hawaii island (affectionately known as…
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Eric Chock in the summer of 2022. The interview took place via Zoom, and was conducted by Donald Carreira Ching for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project. This interview is the second of five sessions.
Interview of Eric Chock, conducted by Donald Carreira Ching for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, in the summer of 2022. Eric Chock speaks of his childhood, the time leading up to the press’ founding, and the successes and challenges of running Bamboo Ridge.
Interview of Darrell H. Y. Lum, conducted by Misty-Lynn Sanico for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, on April 29, 2022. Darrell speaks of his childhood, the time leading up to the press’ founding, and the successes and challenges of running Bamboo Ridge.