Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
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.
Congratulations to triple-threat Piihonua for three great entries to the writing challenge. I wish I could give you 30 Bamboo Bucks, but as Darrell and Eric always say when I want to give more than 10, “Eh, even though Bamboo Bucks do grow on trees, only give 10.” Send a message to [email protected] and they’ll…
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Wing Tek Lum on August 19, 2022. The interview took place via Zoom, and was conducted by Ken Tokuno for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project. This interview is the second of two sessions.
Interview of Wing Tek Lum, conducted by Ken Tokuno for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, on August 19, 2022. Wing Tek speaks about his education, his involvement in the emerging Asian American movement, the 1978 Talk Story conference, the Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council, his writing process and what influences his poetry, his time at Bamboo Ridge, and what he considers the four phases of Bamboo Ridge. Wing Tek also recalls Stephen Sumida, Marie Hara, Eric Chock, Darrell Lum, and others.
Interview of Juliet S. Kono Lee, conducted by Scott Kikkawa for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, in the summer of 2022. Juliet S. Kono Lee speaks of her family history; her childhood, notably the 1946 tsunami; her education; her development as a writer; her impressions of Bamboo Ridge and the literary community; and her future writing projects. Juliet S. Kono Lee also recalls Eric Chock, Marie Hara, Darrell Lum, and others.
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)