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.
Yes|!!| lucky we live Hawai‘i|!!| the only state with its own regional literature. But|!!| lately|!!| it’s only gotten harder to make a go of it for our diverse|!!| dedicated and ink-stained scribbling class. Is self-publishing the answer? Who’s writing the next Great Hawai‘i Novel? Why won’t New York pay attention to us? We push the envelope in search of answers to these and other burning questions.