Comments on: Book Review: This is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila

By: Native Hawaiian #OwnVoices Wrap Up | Reading and Gaming for Justice

Native Hawaiian #OwnVoices Wrap Up | Reading and Gaming for Justice — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:45:40 +0000

[…] Book Review: This is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila My second book review of the month is the short story collection by Kristiana Kahakauwila. In this powerful collection, Kristiana explores many different themes including family, loss, belonging, culture, and tourism. I enjoyed this collection a lot and I am excited for the next work from Kristiana! Check it our if you get a chance. […]

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By: Ceillie Simkiss

Ceillie Simkiss — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:45:59 +0000

I can’t wait to hear about them!!

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By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:44:48 +0000

Woohoo! Thank you for swinging by my post!

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By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:44:08 +0000

Thank you for reading and commenting! I agree – I will continue to support anthologies and short story collections. As I mentioned above, I am currently reading a couple more short story collections. I love how collections come together. I love how they are able to be diverse but yet share similar themes. I am really having a great time reading and promoting Native Hawaiian own voices. Thank you for your continued support 🙂

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By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:39:09 +0000

Thank you for stopping by! I am on a short stories kick right now! I actually have a couple more collections in my review pipeline. Like poetry, I feel like the more I read, the better collections get!

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By: Resh Susan @ The Book Satchel

Resh Susan @ The Book Satchel — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 02:26:05 +0000

Sounds like a great collection of short stories. I enjoy short stories. SO I need to add this to my TBR

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By: A Q&A with Kristiana Kahakauwila, author of This is Paradise: Stories | Reading and Gaming for Justice

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:53:41 +0000

[…] reviewed This is Paradise: Stories as a part of my Native Hawaiian #OwnVoices event for the month of November. It was such an […]

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By: Read Diverse Books

Read Diverse Books — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 05:58:26 +0000

I’ve read many great short story collections and anthologies this year. I’ve become a huge fan of short fiction! Especially because that’s where you’ll find a diversity of voices telling their stories. Often, marginalized writers have to start in anthologies or short stories before they can publish long fiction. That’s why it’s so important that we support their efforts in short fiction. I certainly won’t stop reading them anytime soon.
Thanks for this wonderful review of Kahakauwila’s collection. You’re giving so many Native Hawaiian options to read! I’m not sure yet which one I’ll read first, but one of the appeals of short story collections is how quickly I can read them, so I may go with this one first.

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By: Ceillie Simkiss

Ceillie Simkiss — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:58:19 +0000

This sounds like an awesome anthology. I’m trying to get into reading more short stories because I almost never read them. I look forward to being able to read this!

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By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 16:57:23 +0000

What a fantastic TED Talk! Thank you for sharing. I like what you said “It takes a conscious effort…to find alternate narratives.” I hop we as book bloggers are able to expose many narratives for folks to explore. I never read short stories before this year but they are becoming one of my favorite formats!

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