11
Aug
Aug
Donald will be back at the libraries to read more from Blood Work and Other Stories! Join us at Mānoa Public Library on August 16th for a reading, followed by…
24
Jul
Jul
We’re so excited to share that Donald Carreira Ching will be reading from his new short story collection at Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library on August 2, from 1 to 2:30pm!…
The Bones of “The Odds” On the last night of my brother Matty’s life, I told him that Pordagees don’t know how to grieve. One night, a few years ago,…
15
Jul
Jul
Join us at da Shop for an afternoon of reading and literary talk story with Donald Carreira Ching, joined by special guest Kristiana Kahakauwila, author of This is Paradise and…
The Bones of “Other Options” Remember that time you called and that message you left? It was late, and I was already passed out at my girlfriend’s house. When I…
The Bones of “Who You Know” Junior knew what he’d have to do ever since Kā‘eo had pulled a pistol on him. Some characters stay with you long after you…
Her shift had ended at 12:30, her co-workers tired and gone, but she liked to sit and smoke with the strays that lived in the bushes behind the drive-thru. During…
The Bones of “Vigilant Acts” Every time the gun kicked back, she felt electric. “Vigilant Acts” was inspired by several hit-and-runs in Kāneʻohe and those memorials that you see on…
In this week’s The Bones of Blood Work, Donald Carreira Ching revisits “Kāneʻohe Town”—the shortest piece in the collection, and one of its most essential. Written as a sensory exercise,…
Reflections and notes on “Search the Waters,” the first story from Blood Work and Other Stories, the debut short story collection
by Donald A. Carreira Ching.