Aloha mai kākou e Bamboo Ridge readers, February is also known as the Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month. The impact of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi covers a broad spectrum of impressions on those who come into contact with it. Ranging from the simple brush of “aloha” and “mahalo”, to those who eat, sleep, cry, chant, think…
It was an exciting Saturday at The Manifest in downtown Honolulu–the perfect day for a book launch. Live music greeted attendees as they arrived and perused the book table and drink menu. There was hardly an empty seat to be found!
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Written by Joanna Bressler at the Honolulu Book Fair. Three Bamboo Ridge authors/editors gave a quickie class in flash fiction. Well, what other kind of class would you give on that topic? Regarding the following piece, unfortunately I don't believe in past lives but I'm always interested in future ones.
At a recent meeting today with Misty Sanico and Richard Melendez, the topic of personal journeys came up. But not just the inner journeys we navigate, but also the questions of identity, community, and place that we articulate into our prose and/or poetry. All genres reflect the individual, regardless of the disclaimers we attach to…
Seven local authors share tips and advice on writing.
I’ve been thinking a lot about process lately, one, because I am working on novel revisions, and two, because as a composition teacher process is a habit I teach students is significant because of its impact on the depth of their discussion, and on the organization and effectiveness of their arguments. But as a creative…