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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Baber, Asa,; Burgess, Puanani,; Bushneil, Oswald A.,; Chock, Eric,; Chun Fat, Joseph Keonona,; Doi, Marshall M.,; Farmer, David C.,; Fukushima, Alissa,; Gusukuma, James N.,; Hara, Marie,; Harada, Gail,; Harstad, Jim,; Heng, Geraldine,; Holt, John Dominis,; Hongo, Garrett,; Horiuchi, Lisa,; Houston, James D.,; Kakugawa, Frances,; Keller, Nora Okja,; Kim, Jonathan,; Kingston, Maxine Hong,; Kong, Charles M.,; Kono, Juliet S.,; Korn, Alfons L.,; Lili’uokalani, Queen,; Lum, Darreil H.Y.,; Lum, Wing Tek,; Monico, Ryan,; Mudra,,; Nakachi, Sera,; Naone, Dana,; Nunes, Susan,; Pak, Ty,; Pukui, Mary K.,; Robinson, Barbara B.,; Saiki, Patsy,; Song, Cathy,; Tachiyama, Gary,; Talerico, Vittorio,; Thompson, Vivian L.,; Yamanaka, Lois-Ann,
• HerausgeberIn: Harstad, Cheryl A.,; Harstad, James R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

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.

Table of 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