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45th Anniversary: Bamboo Ridge Issue 124
Edited by Darrell H.Y. Lum, Eric Chock, Juliet S. Kono
$30.00
Description
Bamboo Ridge Press founding editors Eric Chock and Darrell H. Y. Lum return with Juliet S. Kono to curate a new anniversary anthology celebrating 45 years of literary mischief-making in Hawaiʻi. With contributions from sixty-eight talented writers, Bamboo Ridge Issue #124 features poems and stories that explore themes of cultural identity, art, resistance, and community. It’s a collection that honors the resilience of local storytelling and Hawaiʻi’s literary spirit, reaffirming Bamboo Ridge’s commitment to foster, embrace, and preserve AANHPI voices. With over 400 pages, Issue #124 is one of the largest in the press’s history.
The cover art is inspired by an original photo taken by Darrell Lum in 1978 of the East O‘ahu fishing spot known as Bamboo Ridge, where hand-painted warnings adorned the rocky path. He titled the photo “Abunai,” the Japanese word for “dangerous.”
The choice of “Abunai” as the cover theme pays homage to the nonprofit publisher’s audacious beginnings. At its inception, Bamboo Ridge Press embarked on a mission that many considered “abunai,” opposing dominant narratives and stereotypes about Hawaiʻi and its people and taking a daring stand on the importance and value of local literature. The challenges faced in those early days have persisted as Bamboo Ridge Press remains dedicated to publishing works by, for, or about the people of Hawai‘i and the Pacific—often making waves and navigating financial precarity.
Details
| Editors | |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-943756-10-0 |
| Year Published | |
| Format | |
| Language | English, Hawaiian, Japanese, Pidgin (Hawaiʻi Creole English) |
| Number of Pages | 432 |
| Weight | 16.4 oz |
| Dimensions | 9.2 × 6.2 × 0.9 in |
About the Editors
“BAMBOO RIDGE has always been a place for stories that reflect the unique experiences of Hawai‘i’s people. Editing the 45th anniversary issue is not so much looking back but looking forward, really.”
— Darrell H. Y. Lum, founding editor
“For all the writers who have appeared in Bamboo Ridge, there are many more who were just encouraged by its existence to speak and write. Bamboo Ridge is the spring that became a stream that created a muliwai, rich with mixing, before reaching the ocean.”
— Juliet S. Kono, poet and editor
Contributors
This collection features poetry and fiction from sixty-eight authors:
Sara Backer
Amita Basu
Sonia Beauchamp
Sally-Jo Keala-o-Ānuenue Bowman
Wendie Burbridge
Donald Carreira Ching
Lilia Childs
Jacey Choy
Sue Cowing
Leanne Dunic
Mitchell K. Dwyer
Sharla Jane Aialani Foster
Judith Graham
Gail N. Harada
Jim Harstad
Alden M. Hayashi
thomas iannucci
Ann Inoshita
Darlene M. Javar
Lisa Linn Kanae
Jeddie Narumi Kawahatsu
Sarai Kennerly
Scott Kikkawa
Milton Kimura
Clifford Kotaro Kobayashi
Juliet S. Kono
Mari Kubo
Lanning C. Lee
Jeffrey Thomas Leong
R. Zamora Linmark
Christian Hanz Lozada
Darrell H. Y. Lum
Wing Tek Lum
Marion Lyman-Mersereau
Dana R. Lyons
Alan D. McNarie
Jonathon Medeiros
Tyler Miranda
Tamara Moan
L. Nishioka
Susan Miho Nunes
Derek N. Otsuji
Christy Passion
Normie Salvador
Misty-Lynn Sanico
Eric Paul Shaffer
Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
John Simonds
Michelle Cruz Skinner
Cathy Song
Joseph Stanton
Eileen R. Tabios
Gary Tachiyama
O. Wini Terada
Bill Teter
Delaina Thomas
Ken Tokuno
Lee A. Tonouchi
Jean Yamasaki Toyama
Cheryl Treiber-Kawaoka
Heidi Turner
Julie Ushio
Amy Uyematsu
Lady Wendolyn
Mahealani Perez Wendt
L. Yuriko Williams
J. Fumiko Wong
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
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