The first came when your father and I were naked in his pickup truck in Waipi‘o Valley, and we witnessed the night marchers. In our first days I saw so many signs, but didn’t believe. And that the gods were hungry for change and you were that change. The kingdom of Hawai‘i had long been broken-the breathing rain forests and singing green reefs crushed under the haole fists of beach resorts and skyscrapers-and that was when the land had begun calling. The myth people tell about us might start on that liquid blue day off Kona and the sharks, but I know different. I want to walk away from every book I read feeling myself changed, so the books that have done that to me are the books that inspire me most.When I close my eyes we’re all still alive and it becomes obvious then what the gods want from us. Williams or Jericho Brown or Aracelis Girmay or Solamz Sharif and even the sort of canonized short stories that most people have heard of, like Flannery O' Connor's A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND or Denis Johnson's EMERGENCY. Kawai Strong Washburn Hi Kevin, thanks for the question! A wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, i …more Hi Kevin, thanks for the question!Ī wide range of literature inspired me, because there are so many types of writing I love: writing that's lyrical, interior, and operates with a fractured plot and timeline like Paul Harding's TINKERS novels that combine elements of "family drama" with strong plot and heightened language, like Barbara Kingsolver's THE POISONWOOD BIBLE literature with a strong sense of place and community, like Jesmyn Ward's SALVAGE THE BONES epic graphic novels that prize deep characterization over shallow tropes, such as Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, or Wendy Pini's ELFQUEST series contemporary and historical poetry, whether C.K.
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