Bamboo Ridge, Journal of Hawaii Literature and Arts, Issue #100

Magazine. Fiction. Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Art. This landmark issue #100 celebrates work selected from the traditional mailed manuscripts with a 100-line limit as well as from the entries from the 100-word and 100-line online submissions. These limits were an attempt to squeeze in 100 authors but instead 100 selections were chosen from 70 authors. Also included is a posthumous tribute to Albert Saijo, a pioneering Beat Generation Asian American poet.

The featured artist is Grant Kagimoto of Cane Haul Road and his cover image is not only a tribute to the many "characters" who have contributed to the journal but also alludes to an essay, "Waiting for the Big Fish: Recent Research in the Asian American Literature of Hawaii," by Stephen Sumida in THE BEST OF BAMBOO RIDGE (Bamboo Ridge Press, 1986).