Introducing a new BR Blog Series

Donald Carreira Ching shares insights and craft notes about each of the stories in his new collection Blood Work and Other Stories. “The Bones of Blood Work” will cover seventeen stories, over seventeen weeks! Click below for the first installment and come back to the BR Blog for more.

Preorder this new book here. Star tuned for launch events this summer.

Baring the bones of a story

Celebrating Hōkūleʻa: Marion Lyman-Mersereau Interview

As Hōkūleʻa observes its 50th birthday, author and educator Marion Lyman-Mersereau reflects on her time as a crew member and the values of ʻonipaʻa (steadfastness), laulima (cooperation), and wiwoʻole (courage) that have shaped the stories she shares about her time voyaging. Plus, one of her poems from BR Issue 126!

A humble offering

Scott Kikkawa’s Hawaiʻi Noir

Mahalo to amazing author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto for her recent article “Read Your Way Around Hawaii” in The New York Times. We deeply appreciate her support in sharing the books and literary voices of Hawaiʻi’s communities.

Scott Kikkawa is one of those unique authors we’d love the world to know more about! Click below to check out his books, or read this hilarious interview where Scott answers some questions on behalf of his main character.

Kikkawa's Hawaiʻi Noir Books
Sound clips and transcripts from the BR Oral History interviews
This Way
More issues added to the free access BR Digital Archive
Aurite!
Recordings from the popular ‘Aloha Shorts’ radio program
Listen Here
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