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.
Motu, Mo'orea
photo: Daniel Montgomery
Three Dogs, atoll of Puka-Puka
photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan
Islands in the Bay
from the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, a view of Alcatraz Island ( the tiny island in the middle) and Angel Island on the right. Mount Tamalpias, the Sleeping Maiden, is in the background and, obscured by fog, is the Golden Gate Bridge on the left.
Starfruit
Carambola
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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