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Island Fire : An Anthology of Literature from Hawaii / ed. by Cheryl A. Harstad, James R. Harstad.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780824845896
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Fire Chant for King Ka-lä-kaua -- The Queen's Prayer -- Pele'sOwn -- The Mystery of the Ku'ula Rock -- Three Island Images -- "Malie" Excerpted from Moloka 7 -- Song of the Chanter Ka-'ehu -- Tearing Down a Plantation House -- Hanapepe, Kaua'i -- The Luna of the Landing -- Plantation Christmas -- New Year -- Comfort Woman -- Juk -- Oyako-Donburi -- Girls, Are They Worth It? -- A Small Rebuttal -- Lost Sister -- Oranges Are Lucky -- Ancestry -- Here I Am -- Old Kimono -- The Surfer -- Ramble Round Hawai'i -- Son of the Shark-God -- The Pool -- Turtles -- "Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains" Excerpted from China Men -- The Hongo Store, 29 Miles Volcano, Hilo, Hawai'i -- Sachie, A Daughter of Hawai'i -- The Mystery Writer's Class Reunion -- 'Awapuhi -- A Fire -- The Men Whose Tongues -- A Chant for a Wedding -- The Grandmother -- Hybrid -- Bonsai -- Papio -- The Million-Dollar Mango Tree -- More Precious than Pineapples -- Chinatown -- A Haole Stops in Kaimuki -- Pele's Children -- A Pilgrim's Kisses -- Permissions
Summary: From the poignant "The Queen's Prayer," written by Hawaii's last reigning monarch, to Ryan Monico's "The Million-Dollar Mango Tree," a tribute to his grandfather's pickled mango, the editors present finely textured narratives of life in Hawaii by some of the state's most respected writers and observers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Fire Chant for King Ka-lä-kaua -- The Queen's Prayer -- Pele'sOwn -- The Mystery of the Ku'ula Rock -- Three Island Images -- "Malie" Excerpted from Moloka 7 -- Song of the Chanter Ka-'ehu -- Tearing Down a Plantation House -- Hanapepe, Kaua'i -- The Luna of the Landing -- Plantation Christmas -- New Year -- Comfort Woman -- Juk -- Oyako-Donburi -- Girls, Are They Worth It? -- A Small Rebuttal -- Lost Sister -- Oranges Are Lucky -- Ancestry -- Here I Am -- Old Kimono -- The Surfer -- Ramble Round Hawai'i -- Son of the Shark-God -- The Pool -- Turtles -- "Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains" Excerpted from China Men -- The Hongo Store, 29 Miles Volcano, Hilo, Hawai'i -- Sachie, A Daughter of Hawai'i -- The Mystery Writer's Class Reunion -- 'Awapuhi -- A Fire -- The Men Whose Tongues -- A Chant for a Wedding -- The Grandmother -- Hybrid -- Bonsai -- Papio -- The Million-Dollar Mango Tree -- More Precious than Pineapples -- Chinatown -- A Haole Stops in Kaimuki -- Pele's Children -- A Pilgrim's Kisses -- Permissions

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From the poignant "The Queen's Prayer," written by Hawaii's last reigning monarch, to Ryan Monico's "The Million-Dollar Mango Tree," a tribute to his grandfather's pickled mango, the editors present finely textured narratives of life in Hawaii by some of the state's most respected writers and observers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)