Literature

“Midnight, Water City” is Author’s First Venture into Sci-fi Lee A. Tonouchi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Known for his novels and films that reveal Hawai‘i’s dark underbelly, Mid-Pacific Institute ‘91 grad Chris McKinney has been churning ‘em...

Jodie Chiemi Ching This summer, why not treat yourself to reading a variety of Asian American literary and nonfiction books? Even though Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month ended in May, you can hold...

Jodie Chiemi Ching Commentary On Jan. 16, 2021, the Nisei Veteran’s Memorial Center livestreamed the latest entry in its virtual series, “An Afternoon with the Author,” which featured Carolyn Kubota Morinishi and her mother, Marian Kurasaki...

Higa’s First Book Wins National Literary Prize Lee A. Tonouchi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Jeffrey J. Higa, 54, always wanted for get one book publish. Took him over 20 years for develop da “Calabash Stories,” but he...

Lee A. Tonouchi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Ashley Nakanishi Uses Her Language in Okinawan American Literature I stay talking story with Ashley Nakanishi, 29, author of da new young-adult novel “The Last Sakura: Tales of the Yuta”...

Jodie Chiemi Ching Commentary On Jan. 16, 2021, the Nisei Veteran’s Memorial Center livestreamed the latest entry in its virtual series, “An Afternoon with the Author,” which featured Carolyn Kubota Morinishi and her mother, Marian Kurasaki...

Talking With the Creative Team Behind the New Children’s Book Ida Yoshinaga This Thursday, Oct. 15, Hawai‘i families and schoolteachers trying to educate youngsters about the coronavirus got a special treat: the debut of locally authored...

Invoke to Perform the Immigrant Women’s Moving Stories Set to Strings Karleen Chinen Inspiration is a fascinating animal. It can take off like wildfire, and where it will go is anyone’s guess. Just ask University of Hawai‘i music professor Takuma Itoh and Hawai‘i plantation era historian and author Barbara Kawakami. The opportunity to compose a....

Frances Kakugawa Hawai‘i Herald Columnist I am writing this column before I leave for Hawai‘i to give several talks on caregiving and to introduce my new book on Kapoho. To be honest, I’m feeling a bit burnt out after spending much of my last 20 years doing talks on the road. As fate would have....

Pre-World War II AJA History Helped Coffman Understand Contemporary Hawai‘i Richard Borreca Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Acclaimed Hawai‘i author and historian Tom Coffman realized what would become the signature theme for his writing in a surprisingly successful meeting more than thirty years ago in the koa-paneled office of Hawai‘i’s governor. The meeting was odd....