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Cane and Malunggay: An Interview With Mānoa Journal Guest Editors Rajiv Mohabir and Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
On Thursday March 6, Rajiv Mohabir (Guest Editor of Karahee From the Cane Fields) and Laurel Flores Fantauzzo (Guest Editor of Always Again) joined Gabriella Contratto and Chandanie Somwaru for an interview and conversation held at the English Department of UH Mānoa as part of the Words at Mānoa series. They were asked questions about…
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Fluidity That Finds and Binds: A Review of Leanne Dunic’s Wet
Review by Alexa Cho Whether in geography textbooks or a Google search, Singapore is often exalted as a country set apart by its technological advancements and high standard of living. However, such a notion is only one perspective of Singapore and not necessarily the most accurate. Author Leanne Dunic draws on experiences from her artist…
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Mānoa Journal @ AWP 2025
Mānoa Journal will be at AWP 2025 in the Los Angeles Convention Center! Featuring thousands of literary professionals and hundreds of events celebrating the act of writing, the AWP Conference and Bookfair is one of the largest writing events in the world. Mānoa Journal will be present both at the bookfair and hosting special events…
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What Separates Murder and Mercy: A Review of Emily Jungmin Yoon’s Find Me as the Creature I Am
Review by Carson Compos There are beautiful bodies buried within Find Me as the Creature I Am. Poet, translator, editor, and professor of Korean literature Emily Jungmin Yoon’s second collection of poetry uncovers connections between death and love and offers dualities of violence and peace to come to the conclusion that, in many ways, we…
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Mānoa Journal 2025 Poetry & Fiction Writing Contest
Mānoa Journal invites submissions for the first 2025 Mānoa Journal Writing Contest in Fiction and Poetry. The Fiction contest will be judged by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto with the First Prize Fiction Winner receiving $500 and publication, and the Runner Up Fiction receiving $250 and publication. The Poetry contest will be judged by Mai Der Vang with…
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