Huahine
photo: Melanie Shook Dupre
Lagoon of Niau
photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan
Deeply grateful to read at two events:
Seventeen Syllables and Friends reading at J-Sei, Sunday March 4 at 2 pm, with Jay Dayrit, Brian Komei Dempster, Caroline Kim-Brown, Mari L’Esperance, Grace Loh Prasad, Brynn Saito, and Marianne Villanueva. 1285 66th Street, Emeryville, California.
Ms Aligned 2: Women Writing About Men reading at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Saturday March 10 at 3 pm, with Connie Pan, Allison Landa, and Sarah Kobrinsky. 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley, California.
the uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands
photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan
Amanu
photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan
World Oceans Day
Pukarua
photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan
Pointe Venus, Tahiti. 03/2014 © Anaiav Niog
Thank you Honolulu Magazine for naming The Charm Buyers one of 29 Must-Read Local Books You Won’t Want to Put Down This Holiday Season!
Author of The Charm Buyers, University of Hawai'i Press, recipient of the Ka Palapala Po'okela Award for Excellence; The Spellbound, forthcoming 2026
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