poetry

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

Brandy Nālani McDougall from Maui is the first woman selected for the two-year term. The Conversation’s Stephanie Han sat down with McDougall to talk about her plans as the new poet laureate and how poetry is a way to heal.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is producing a "Wordsworth the Poet" musical. It will debut in November. HPR's Jayna Omaye spoke with author Frances Kakugawa.

Noʻu Revilla's first book, "Ask the Brindled," looks at the concept of aloha in the face of colonization and sexual violence. It also highlights intergenerational healing and desire through the Hawaiian moʻo, or shapeshifting water protectors that often appear in lizard form. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.

Kealoha Wong, who was appointed as Hawaiʻi’s first Poet Laureate in 2012, said much of his passion for teaching youth stems from his own experiences as a teenager. The Academy of American Poets recently awarded him a $50,000 grant to share the power of poetry with students. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.

Today, we're revisiting the work of local poets we love.

Joseph Stanton is a University of Hawaiʻi art history professor whose talents include writing prose. Stanton spoke to The Conversation about how he turns to the natural world for inspiration.

Amid the hot button topics at this year's legislative session, a quiet resolution arose: a call for a yearly state poet laureate. Separately, the Maui Arts & Cultural Center named 18-year-old Kalehua Fung as its 2022 Hawaiʻi Youth Poet Laureate. The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Efforts stall to rescue a National Historic Landmark; Transit Oriented Development spurs affordable housing talks; A look at Ukrainian history during plantation days; and poetry gets a legislative boost

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re turning the spotlight on local poet Craig Santos Perez. His latest collection "Habitat Threshold" covers themes of eco-poetry: forest fires, species loss, contaminated waters, and the world our children will inherit.