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Recent Hawai'i Fiction from Bamboo Ridge Press I

Session 6 - Sunday 9:45-11:15am
Wesselkamper Science Center 120
Presiding Officer: 
Eric Chock
  1. Lee Cataluna (Folks You Meet in Longs, Three Years on Doreen's Sofa). Lee Cataluna, University of California, Riverside

    Cataluna is known for her hard-hitting weekly news column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, as well as for her award-winning plays, Da Mayah, You Somebody, Aloha Friday, and others. Doreen's Sofa uses over-the-top humor with satirical undertones for social commentary.

  2. Lisa Linn Kanae (Islands Linked by Oceans). Lisa Linn Kanae, Kapi'olani Community College

    Kanae challenges contemporary views on what it means to be Hawaiian. From "Born Again Hawaiian" to "Sassy" girls at a local wedding shower, her narratives feel like talking story till "the words swim through the listener's veins and turn into blood." Other work: Sista Tongue and Ola's Son (a play).

  3. Joe Tsujimoto (Morningside Heights, New York Stories):. Joe Tsujimoto, Punahou School

    In both fiction and poetry, Tsujimoto's unique post-World War II-Japanese-American-from-New York-to-Hawaii journey awakens the ear and the mind. Also known nationally for his teaching text, Lighting Fires: How the Passionate Teacher Engages Adolescent Writers.

Session Type: 
Special Session
Session Status: 
Closed