Thursday, March 27, 2014, 7:00 PM
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 W 27th Street, Ste 600, NY, New York, 10001
The writers of Bamboo Ridge Press draw on Native Hawaiian, Japanese, and Standard English to craft a hybrid poetry that reflects the history and culture of their islands. Join us for a rare chance to hear six of these poets read in New York. Four will read from their collective book No Choice but to Follow, a series of linked renshi poems. Since 1978, Bamboo Ridge Press has published literature by and about the people of Hawai’i.
Gail N. Harada was born in Honolulu and spent part of her childhood on a military base in Japan. She has a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In 2000, she won a Pushcart Prize for her poem “A Meditation.” She is the author of a collection of poems and stories, Beyond Green Tea and Grapefruit (Bamboo Ridge 2013). She teaches writing and literature at Kapi‘olani Community College.
For more information about the event, please visit:
http://aaww.org/curation/hawaiian-creole/