We asked her to share a little bit about the process of preparing for this event and how it’s different from writing poetry. What feels different about shaping a personal…
The Bones of “A Blur of Color and Sound” For Jordan, the party was like one of those Magic Eye books that was always in the dentist’s office. It started…
The Bones of “What We Forget” Jas looked at the single-story plantation home, at its open porch and unlit string lights, and the panels of wood purposefully stained. She wondered…
The Bones of “The Odds” On the last night of my brother Matty’s life, I told him that Pordagees don’t know how to grieve. One night, a few years ago,…
Do you ever wonder what your favorite writers are reading? Looking ahead to Donald Carreira Ching and Kristiana Kahakauwila’s upcoming reading and talk story on July 27th, we asked the…
The Bones of “Other Options” Remember that time you called and that message you left? It was late, and I was already passed out at my girlfriend’s house. When I…
The Bones of “Who You Know” Junior knew what he’d have to do ever since Kā‘eo had pulled a pistol on him. Some characters stay with you long after you…
Her shift had ended at 12:30, her co-workers tired and gone, but she liked to sit and smoke with the strays that lived in the bushes behind the drive-thru. During…
The Bones of “Vigilant Acts” Every time the gun kicked back, she felt electric. “Vigilant Acts” was inspired by several hit-and-runs in Kāneʻohe and those memorials that you see on…
The Bones of “Closing Costs” It was just a joke really. A fantasy quietly twisting in Kailen’s mind. Since I mentioned Saunders last week, I’m skipping ahead to another story…