Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
Interview of Pat Matsueda, conducted by Micah Lau for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, on June 1, 2023. Pat speaks of the 1978 Talk Story Conference, Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council, Mānoa, and her writing. Pat also recalls Gail Harada, Phyllis Thompson, Frank Stewart, and others.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Dennis Kawaharada on July 10, 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 second session of two.
Interview of Dennis Kawaharada, conducted by Donald Carreira Ching for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, on May 10, 2023. Dennis speaks of his childhood, his education, the history of anti-Japanese sentiment in post-WWII Hawai‘i, the emergence and development of an authentic local literature, and his time as managing editor of Bamboo Ridge and as the editor of Kalamakū Press. Dennis also recalls Stephen Sumida, Milton Murayama, Rodney Morales, Esther Mookini, Haunani K. Trask, and others.
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