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MAY 26, 2021
HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 3
to get their voices out there. To invite more seasoned writ- ers to help Wallace keep this proud monster roaring. Lo-
horrifying moment his son was diagnosed with cancer. It’s a place where novelist Scott Kikkawa can talk about the sex industry in Hawai‘i and its representation in liter- ature. It’s a place where James Charisma can recount being in Vegas the day Sin City locked down. It’s a place where col- umnist Stephanie Han can “answer any questions you have that cover the areas of craft, process, and technique and/or the teaching of writing and literature.”
ary is-Ann, where you at sistah? iveIt’s been years. Nora? (By ng-the way, super congrats on ing your daughter, Tae, winning
the 2021 Newbery for When You Trap a Tiger. What an amazing accomplishment!) Puleloha? Barclay? Tonou- chi? Kwon? Some of my past creative writing students — Lefkoe? Tokuno-Lynk? I also hope this gets out to the University of Hawai‘i English department creative writing faculty who I know. Perhaps you can point some promising students, both past and present, in THROB’s di- rection.
And it’s a place where Wal- lace can talk about Theroux’s new book, and the banana bread at Diamond Head Mar- ket & Grill.
THROB isn’t competing with Honolulu Star-Adver- tiser or any other publication. It’s just a different thing — its own thing. It’s a place where writer and Big Island profes- sor Mark Panek can recall the
Like Hawai‘i itself, THROB represents a crazy mix of voic- es. Also, like Hawai‘i Island Midweek, it’s free. What’s better than free? Check out THROB at hawaiireviewof- books.com.
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