Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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On Tuesday, October 14, I just happened to be driving at 6:40 pm. I turned on the radio and suddenly the sounds of pidgin filled my car. I thought, "Who is this?" followed by "Wait – it’s Tuesday night! It HAS to be Aloha Shorts!" The person reading was Aito Simpson Steele, reading oldies but…
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Recently I gave a presentation at the annual symposium of the German Geographical Society’s Marine and Coastal research group. The topic was the Hawaiian Ahupua land- and coastal management concept and how it compares to modern integrated coastal zone management concepts. A few people were interested in more details and were quite amazed about the…
I close my eyes. I am thinking, trying to fathom where I am. How did I get here? I close my eyes and remember how I once lifted up my eyes to the sky And I saw, to my amazement, despite knowing it, that the stars looked different. What amazed me was that somehow, magically,…
I always forget how good a reader Joe Tsujimoto is of his own work. The sound of his voice, the rhythm and cadence. Very jazzy…taking licks of words and sounds…
Honolulu Star Bulletin reviews Joe Tsujimoto’s ‘Morningside Heights’
Honolulu Weekly reviews Joe Tsujimoto’s Morningside Heights
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