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Thankful to the Hawai’i Book and Music Festival where I’ll be speaking as part of the Ms.aligned 2 panel. Sunday May 6 at 11 am to 12 noon, Makai Authors, Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds in Honolulu. Grateful to my fellow Ms.aligned poets and writers speaking on the panel: Pat Matsueda, Emily Benton, Adele NeJame, and Angela Nishimoto!

Sunset in Puka-Puka

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

TAHITI: THE IMAGE IN THE MIND

This beautiful lyrical essay about growing up in Tahiti and losing her father is by Lillian Howan, author of ‘The Charm Buyers’. Lillian’s writings have appeared in Asian American…

Lights From A Distance An essay I wrote about my father, ancient navigation, and Tahiti. Thank you author, activist, actor, and poet Leslie Stuart Tate for your beautiful presentation of my essay. Thank you Francoise Holozet-Howan for this wondrous photo.

Welcome readers!

A special welcome to travelers on the Magic Realism Blog Hop!

I’m the author of The Charm Buyers (University of Hawai’i Press 2017), a novel of love and magic, loss and renewal, set in Tahiti. I spent my early childhood in Tahiti and have returned several times since. Tahiti and the South Pacific is the home of my extended family and the final resting place of my mother and father.

In the islands, many cultures and realities coexist. What is magic to some, is reality for others. Magical realism becomes realistic magic. 

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the uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

The Dreaming Moon - from theLitusGallery

Reason No. 15: Some words actually look like the thing they describe.

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