The classic Hawaiian story about a mistreated attendant regaining his position at court with the help of his precocious son and a magical wind gourd.

The Wind Gourd of La'Amaomao

Literature & Fiction

Nakuina, Moses Kuaea

Genre Fiction

Kalamaku Pr

<p>two plays by San Francisco playwright &amp; poet</p>

Paper Angels and Bitter Cane/Two Plays

Lim, Genny

A celebration of the great fisherman of ancient Hawaii, known for attracting and propagating fish, inventing fishing techniques, and bringing in extraordinary catches.

Hawaiian Fishing Traditions

Manu, Moke

United States

The traditional stories of Nanaue and other shark spirits, or 'aumakua, along with an essay by Martha W. Beckwith on shark worship and shark gods.

Nanaue the Shark Man & Other Hawaiian Shark Stories

Emma M. Nakuina

Mythology & Folk Tales

Voyaging Chiefs of Havai'i

Teuira Henry

Literary

Ancient O'Ahu: Stories from Fornander and Thrum

Thrum, Thomas G.

"Like a collage of moving images, From the Spider Bone Diaries, Poems and Songs provides a visual as well as a literary and lyrical feast. Readers will immediately sense movement and varied landscapes in its many poetic genres. The words herein can be sung, chanted, intoned, splashed on sidewalks, painted on murals, scrawled on walls, performed by an ensemble of musicians and actors, or silently absorbed. "Spider Bone Diaries can be revisited often. Like a hitchhiker, the reader may want to stay on for all or part of the ride, for the destinations are many and the scenes varied. While never the "accidental tourist," the poet provides images from personal experiences viscerally drawn from experiences in Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the continental United States. "Moving from humor to sweetness, from suffering to sarcasm, from darkness to epiphany, a stanza, a moment, a line, even just a word lingers in the reader's mind like a fragrance stimulating a stream of memories. "This is a book produced by one who is experienced; it is a collected work which heralds tomorrow's poetic hieroglyphics: the spoken, the written, the painted word that takes flight like a sketch, a storyboard, a film, a video, a song. From the Spider Bone Diaries celebrates the capricious graces of the muses themselves." --- from the Foreword by Dennis Kawaharada, Honolulu, June 2000 "The finest poetry is a gift of exuberant experience rendered as subtle, and soaring, enlightenments.... Richard Hamasaki's recent collection of poems and songs is just such a gift." --- Honolulu Advertiser "Hamasaki's work gathers into itself traditions, ancient and contemporary ... and returns them in passionate new forms." --- Honolulu Weekly

From the Spider Bone Diaries: Poems and Songs

Hamasaki, Richard

History & Criticism

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