“When I first read these poems and was trying to describe them to a friend, I said they felt cosmic, even though they often take place in Shoptaw’s backyard or around his Berkeley neighborhood.”
This 38-minute VR experience – chronicling the 38 minutes in 2018 between the residents of Hawaii receiving a government alert about an incoming ballistic missile, and those residents learning that it was a false alarm – is a remarkable achievement.
Our first list 50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.