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

MORE ISSUES add to the free access BR Digital Archive

Four more out-of-print books have been added to our digital archive and are now free to read and download as ePubs! Mahalo to author Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Normie Salvador (BR associate managing editor and our very own lit-investigator), and Sunny Pai, digital librarian at Kapiʻolani Community College for their stewardship of this project.

Aurite!

NEW sound clips and transcripts added to the BR Oral History.

All sessions of the interviews with Eric Chock and Darrell Lum are now up on the BR Oral History page! And bonus, there are full transcripts and sound clips for Wing Tek Lum and Juliet S. Kono too. 

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