Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo will be the place to be on Saturday to discover women authors, both locally and globally. The venue on Marin Street will be hosting “Fast Fallen Women: Author Lynn Peril and Gina Barreca” as authors Peril and Barreca discuss the book “Fast Fallen Women” with a 4:30 p.m. start time. The […]
Award-winning author Darien Hsu Gee read select works last Thursday, Oct. 12, at the UConn Bookstore in Storrs Center, thanks to UConn’s Creative Writing Program. She is now the third recipient of the Mark Twain Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Program, following Alexander Chee in 2021 and Justin Torres in 2019.
Darien Hsu Gee is an award-winning author from the Big Island who has compiled a collection of essays about being a woman of color. She recently released an anthology called "Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World."
"Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World" features the stories of women of color. Here, Mochi shares excerpts from by Asian writers.
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Credit AP Photo/Paul Sancya Hawaii Small Business Woes As 2020 comes to a close, many small business owners are looking back on a devastating year. While various programs have offered support in the ways of payroll protection or pivot grants, more entrepreneurs are asking the question “why isn’t our government doing more?” The Conversation’s producer Harrison Patino reached out to various members of Hawaii’s small business community to see what they had to say.
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