Jean Toyama describes her take on the humanities and her effort to demystify poetry for young students so that they have the confidence to write some.
Bamboo Ridge Press was recently featured in Pacific Network TV’s Local Ventures program.
Handout used in Teachers Corner at Punahou.
Hawaiʻi Creole English, also called Pidgin, has a rich history and structure that is misunderstood by many who not only hear it but speak it as well. Local celebrity Tita…
Aloha Shorts held its first open audition on Saturday, June 5, and discovered talented new readers.
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Poets Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet Kono, Christy Passion, Ann Inoshita and cover artist, Russell Sunabe.
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Here are the Hawaii Book and Music Festival Word Bag winners.
Bamboo Ridge Press’ latest issue (#96) is a collection called No Choice but to Follow. The title is a canny play on the book’s concept: a series of linked poems done in a year’s span by seasoned writers Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Ann Inoshita and Christy Passion. Each of the Japanese linked-verses (renshi) was originally posted online on a weekly basis in celebration of the publishing house’s 30th anniversary.
Four writers link 48 poems in a Japanese art form known as renshi