In Steven Millhauser’s Disruptions, the invisible world is perpetually on the verge of becoming visible—and that suspense just kills me.

Slow-walking toward that good night.

“In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”

Moana screenwriter Aaron Kandell talks to Zoë Eisenberg about her novel Significant Others, the unspoken truth behind female relationships, and her golden rule of creativity.

These six books by local authors from national publishers reflect a state that punches above its literary weight. Will they open doors for others? Are there others?

Chris McKinney’s sci-fi Water City Trilogy paints the collapse of civilization and devolution of the human species in just 18 years. It’s also damn funny. Until it isn’t.

An interview with graphic novelist extraordinaire R. Kikuo Johnson

Angela Nishimoto takes on Hawaiʻi’s Lolita problem in Isabella’s Daughter.

Only in Hawai‘i could The Kid make a football fan out of me. And only then by surfing Sandy’s.

In Megan Kamalei Kakimoto’s Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare, we behold the rarest of flowers: a young writer’s confident, unflinching, wholly surprising debut.

“The benefits would not exceed the social cost of gambling.”

Jeff Higa tracks middle school changes from escapism to representation via Malia Maunakea’s Lei and the Fire Goddess, a quest novel for keiki.

Mindy Pennybacker’s new book, Surfing Sisterhood Hawai‘i: Wahine Reclaiming the Waves, describes communities of wahine surf regulars and their joys—and challenges from insecure men.

Chapter 7 — Let’s Play Ball… With Death

Toni Ann Johnson on rejecting essentialism and literary limits.

How AI is stealing your dreams.

A walk through a human minefield with only a poi-dog mix for company.

A local kanaka student steeped in the cozy embrace of her island life arrives in the heart of the British Empire for her campus-abroad program. What can possibly go right?

Fat free, a good source of fiber and vitamin C, subtly sweet and smoky, chestnuts are a great addition to your holiday pantry and beyond.

“I would say one shouldn’t think of writing as a career. ‘Career’ is something you do later in life. Writing is something that you do now, that you do because it is how you live your life, because you are someone who writes. If it’s not that for you, well, I would counsel you to think about what is.”