My friend Richie from up the street insists on referring to the Hawaiian islands other than Oahu as the "outer islands."  I used to tell  him that the correct phrase is [...]
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Islands Linked by Ocean (Bamboo Ridge Press, 2009) is a showcase for the short story magic of Lisa Linn Kanae. Lisa is also the author of Sista Tongue (Tinfish, 2001), about which Susan Schultz wrote, “It combines the history of pidgin English in Hawaii with memoir with story telling.”

Islands Linked by Ocean is all about story telling, and Lisa tells a great story. I asked Lisa to share some of her thoughts about this new collection.

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This second book in the Primo series by Michael Herr (the first book The Kauai Obake Bar is more difficult to obtain) consists of a series of inter-related humorous (and slightly spooky) stories. These stories mostly take place in a bar in the town of Kapa'a on the island of Kaua'i. The various cha [...]
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