National Book Award Winner Don Mee Choi for DMZ Colony: the Art of Translation
Don Mee Choi is the National Book award winner for poetry for DMZ Colony, a hybrid text more reminiscent of […]
Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors: The Luminous Debut Set in Hawai’i You Missed Because of the Pandemic
Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors came out last March, just as the pandemic shutdowns began in
Sustainability Actions: Starting with the Honorable Harvest
In her breathtaking book of essays, Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer introduces the idea of the “Honorable Harvest,” a set
The Meaning of Magical Realism in Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn, in his luminous debut, Sharks in the Time of Saviors, isn’t set in the stereotypical Hawai’i marketed
Review of Calls Television Show: Regret in the Quantum Field
When I was in middle school algebra, I sat next to a row of five computers that the school had
Pierre Alex Jeanty’s HER: Book Review
Pierre Alex Jeanty’s, HER joins a long tradition of male poets attempting to define the female mind and body, and
Mark Bittman’s Animal, Vegetable, Junk: Book Review and Required Reading for Anyone Who Eats Food
I moved to Hawai’i from New York in large part because I wanted to be closer to the food I
NFT Art: When Commerce Replaces the Critic
The recent NFT art craze brings to mind a particular moment in Martin Scorsese’s documentary “Pretend It’s a City” about
“Everything I Wanted:” Billie Eilish’s Sad Songs to Cry Yourself to Sleep
I think about all the things I wanted when I was a child. I wanted roller skates so badly I