Recent Hawai'i Literature from Bamboo Ridge Press II: Japanese Influence
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Mavis Hara (An Offering of Rice). Mavis Hara, Kapi'olani Community College
A Sansei military wife, cancer survivor, and adoptive mother, with teaching experience in local at-risk public schools, she is now an Assistant Professor at Kapiolani Community College. National award-winning author Ian MacMillan says one of her stories is "the single best piece on cancer I have ever read."
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Ann Inoshita (No Choice but to Follow, renshi poetry). Ann Inoshita, Kapi'olani Community College
Ann was one of four poets who accepted the challenge of a year-long linked verse project, with poems posted online every Sunday based on the last line of the previous poem. She has published poems and a play, Wea I Stay, which was included in The Statehood Project by Kumu Kahua.
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Christy Passion (No Choice but to Follow, renshi poetry). Christy Passion, Bamboo Ridge Press
Christy was one of four poets who accepted the challenge of a year-long linked verse project, with poems posted online every Sunday based on the last line of the previous poem. She's won local and national awards for her poetry. In her day job, she is a nationally awarded critical care nurse.
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