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What Could Be More Like a Poem?: A Review of Michelle Peñaloza’s All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems
Review by Krysten Nakamura Michelle Peñaloza’s All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems asks readers to slow down. I read Peñaloza’s poetry collection on a quiet Saturday, in between scoops of last night’s rice and laughter with my sister over a cheesy horror movie. In this collection, Peñaloza, a child of Filipino immigrants, shares…
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Coexisting Contradictions: A Review of Alicia Upano’s Everything to the Sea
Review by Kaitlyn Choy Hawaiʻi-born author Alicia Upano makes an impressive debut with a heartbreakingly beautiful story of enduring love, profound loss, and the gradual journey of healing against the backdrop of catastrophe. Set in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Everything to the Sea follows Jane and Kenji, whose all-consuming whirlwind summer romance is upended when an unexpected…
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Mānoa Journal Open Call
We are excited to announce our call for submissions for Mānoa Journal’s inaugural Open Call! The theme of the issue is Writing at the Intersection of Language. For this issue, we are looking for stories, craft essays, memoir, art, and poetry that engage with the theme of writing at the intersection of language, the threshold…
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Writing Into Our Obsessions: An Interview with Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Megan Kamalei Kakimoto is the Japanese and Kanaka Maoli author of the story collection Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare (Bloomsbury 2023), a USA Today national bestseller. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, The Guardian, Granta, Joyland, and elsewhere. Named a Fall 2023 “Writer to Watch” by Publisher’s Weekly,…
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Following Impressions: A Review of Radhika Subramaniam’s Footprint: Four Itineraries
Review by Alia Jeraj Consider what it takes to make a footprint: First, the weight of a foot must press into a permeable surface. Then, it must leave. Now consider what it takes to preserve that print: a perfect set of geologic and meteorological conditions, or perhaps intention, by the printmaker or an invested witness.…
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