As the 2023–25 Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate, Brandy Nālani McDougall hopes to show how poetry and ʻāina together can be a strong source of healing and connection.
Our first list 50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.