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Written by a mother-daughter duo, the ʻāina-based series shares moʻolelo and photos of Lānaʻi's rich coastline. The books are available in both English and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, giving Lāna’i's Hawaiian immersion program new reading material. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.
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South Korea’s beauty industry is booming, but at what cost? It's a question posed by journalist Elise Hu, who gives us a glimpse of the ugliness behind the beauty world. In a new book, she takes a closer look at attitudes about how technology, skin care, plastic surgery, and more shape how women think of themselves.
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A new book, “Ka Māno Wai: The Source of Life,” explores the history of several Native Hawaiian practices and their connection with health and social justice today.
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Family of NGO volunteer trapped in Gaza seeks help for safe exit; a Big Island mom's story after son's deployment is recorded by StoryCorps; a new book connects Native Hawaiian practices with health and social justice; and South Korea's K-beauty industry prompts author to pen a new book
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The United Nations has declared Oct. 10 Mental Health Awareness Day, so we’re giving a nod to Nana-Ama Danquah. She is the author of "Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression." First published in 1998, the book was hailed as groundbreaking work.
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Screenwriters are back at work after the 148-day Writers Guild of America strike came to an end last week thanks to a new three-year deal with Hollywood studios. Maui-based filmmaker Stefan Schaefer spoke to The Conversation about how WGA members feel about the new deal.
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We hana hou recent interviews with local authors and writers with Hawaiʻi ties who have made it on our fall reading list: environmental lawyer Julian Aguon's No Country for 8 Spot Butterflies; Hawaiʻi state poet laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall's ʻĀina Hānau, Birth Land; Big Island native Jasmin Iolani Hakes' Hula; and keiki author Kaylin George's Aloha Everything
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Local contemporary writers were asked to submit short stories in science fiction, fantasy, horror — the speculative fiction genre. Those stories are collected in "ʻIke Pāpālua: Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories from the Hawaiian Islands" by Mutual Publishing.
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Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's new short story collection "Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare" explores Native Hawaiian myth, love and family. She talked to The Conversation about writing Native Hawaiian-Japanese women through a feminist lens.
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Gov. Josh Green addresses housing and the opening of Maui to tourism next month; HPR's Ku'uwehi Hiraishi's report on the state water commission meeting; Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto discusses her short story collection; DNA helps to identify a sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor