New book offers rich stories of life by Lee Cataluna, Advertiser Columnist Friday, December 4, 2009 Late one night, Michelle Cruz Skinner wrote about a guy she didn’t actually know but could imagine speaking his manifesto. His funny, pointed, self-involved rant came to her whole. The piece "Ten-Fold Path," where a young man talks about…
Michelle Cruz Skinner’s "In the Company of Strangers" is now available from the online bookstore.
Just like locals know it will rain at the Punahou Carnival, we also know that it will be the opposite for the Hawaii Book and Music Festival: hot with only a few breezes. Saturday, May 16th, was typically hot and humid, with only a few breezes. As a result, the slushie booth never wanted for…
Bamboo Ridge Press welcomes the 2009 National Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) to Hawaii. Wed 04/22 to Sat 04/25.
For Lisa Linn Kanae’s book launch at UH Manoa on March 19th, I made sure to arrive early. Why? I knew I had a spot reserved in the Second Great Condom Race! The backstory: Since I hadn’t seen the first one at KCC, I asked if there could be one at the book launch. To…
The editor of Tinfish reviewed Lisa Linn Kanae’s new book, ‘Island Linked by Ocean.’ Here’s an excerpt: With this new book of short stories, Kanae joins those who have used Pidgin not simply as subject, but also as medium for their work about Hawaiʻi. Most of the stories keep to the convention of narration in…
Burl Burlingame of the Star Bulletin reviews Lisa Linn Kanae’s new book, "Islands Linked by Ocean."
While not every story lands out of the park, the perceptive social observation, range and flexibility in voice, age, and subject, and compassionate insight into Island life that Kanae demonstrates in "Islands Linked by Ocean" mark her as one local writer to watch well into the future.
John Heckathorn mentioned Lisa Linn Kanae in his weekly column in the Star Bulletin.
Lee Cataluna of The Honolulu Advertiser reviews Lisa Linn Kanae’s new book "Islands Linked by Ocean."