A Hawai'i Anthology Paper - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824819772 ISBN 13: 9780824819774

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 1997

Synopsis

Since its inception in 1974, the Hawai'i Award for Literature has recognized the work of writers who have captured important dimensions of the story of Hawai'i and of the many groups of people who have made Hawai'i their home. Historians, linguists, folklorists, and practitioners of other disciplines of cultural study, as well as poets, novelists, and playwrights, are among the contributors to this extensive anthology celebrating more than two decades of the best writings in the Islands.

About this title

About the Author

JOSEPH STANTON is a professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa and a poet who has published extensively on American art, literature, and culture. His Cardinal Points: Poems on St. Louis Cardinals Baseball (2002) chronicles and celebrates over one hundred years of St. Louis Cardinals baseball. His other books include A Field Guide to the Wild Life of Suburban O'ahu, Imaginary Museum: Poems on Art, What the Kite Thinks, A Hawai'i Anthology, and The Important Books. He has published in such sports journals as Elysian Fields Quarterly, Aethlon: Journal of Sport Literature, Fan, and Spit Ball. His work has also appeared in such journals as Poetry, Harvard Review, Journal of American Culture, American Art, and Art Criticism. An associate professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, he teaches courses in art history and American studies.

Review

"The anthology necessarily covers an extremely varied landscape.... Compelling."

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0824819772
• ISBN 13: 9780824819774
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Stanton Joseph