Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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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…
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…
in faddah’s voice… Thomas Iannucci · boy (demo 2)
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Bamboo Ridge Press has been digging through the old website database to unearth past blog stories from our talented ʻohana. In this heartfelt narrative, Marie Hara, the former Board President…
Interview of Darrell H. Y. Lum, conducted by Misty-Lynn Sanico for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project via Zoom, on April 29, 2022. Darrell speaks of his childhood, the time leading up to the press’ founding, and the successes and challenges of running Bamboo Ridge.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Darrell H. Y. Lum on April 1, 2022. The interview took place via Zoom, and was conducted by Misty-Lynn Sanico for the Bamboo Ridge Oral History Project. This interview is part one of three sessions.