Hawaii Book and Music Fest 2019

An African-Canadian writer of Luo and Luhya descent, David Nandi Odhiambo is the author of four novels: Smells Like Stars, The Reverend’s Apprentice, Kipligat’s Chance, and diss/ed banded nations. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst... Read More →

Jean Toyama has been a faculty member of the University of Hawai‘i for more than 30years, teaching classes in French language and literature, poetry, and the novel. She is theauthor of several linked poetry and commentary works, What We Must Remember and NoChoice But to Follow... Read More →

SUSAN M. SCHULTZ has lived in and worked in Hawai`i since 1990. She is author of a critical book, A Poetics of Impasse in Modern and Contemporary American Poetry, and several books of poetry and poetic prose. Most recently, Singing Horse Press published Dementia Blog, Memory Car... Read More →

Joseph Stanton’s books of poems are Things Seen, A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban Oahu, Imaginary Museum, Cardinal Points, and What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem. His sixth book of poems, Moving Pictures, is forthcoming soon. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Harvard... Read More →