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 NEW EPISODE!! This episode features the fiction of Keala Kendall and the music she’s chosen to go with her work! Listen for how we go home through what we read and what we write. Listen for supernatural horror based on moʻolelo. Listen to look past glossy tourist images of Hawaiʻi and the mythmaking of paradise. Listen for why you shouldn't harvest at night. Listen to launch spooky season. And listen because this is a damn good story. ✨Full episode link in bio and stories.✨ BIO Keala Kendall is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of How Far I’ll Go and Nobody Gets Left Behind in Disney’s A Twisted Tale series. Her groundbreaking YA horror debut, That Which Feeds Us: A Hawaiian Gothic, was the May pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Sunnie Reads book club and has been featured in BuzzFeed, Parade, Publishers Weekly, and Honolulu Civil Beat, with national syndication across Yahoo!, AOL, and MSN. Hapa Native Hawaiian, she is a cofounder of Pacific Islanders in Publishing and a past organizer of the Books for Maui charity auction. Born in Honolulu, raised on Molokaʻi, she now lives as part of the Native Hawaiian diaspora in Los Angeles. Find her @kealakendall on Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and TikTok.
 PLAYLIST --Hawaiʻi ’78 by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole --Author Intro --LIT: Letter from the author. --Runaway by Aurora --LIT: “Hawaiʻi’s this way” --River Lea by Adele --LIT: “memory and nightmare” --Hole-Hole Bushi by Agnes Kimura --Author interview --Hawaiʻi Aloha by Kaʻikena Scanlan #ThatWhichFeedsUs #HawaiianGothic
 #YAhorror by @itslitwithphdj
It’s a HIFI Spinoff! Listen to this episode (*link in stories + bio*) to glimpse the magic of what took place at the HIFI Lab this summer and what the dream team of Art 25: Art in the 25th Century + Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner are creating for the future. Listen for global Indigenous collaboration, what it means to collaborate through play, for the Library of Salt and its “frozen ocean,” and what it means to be kaleidoscopic. Listen for the radical in everyday acts. Listen for what it means to refuse extinction every day. Listen for refusing imposed timelines. Listen for love being a method. Listen to reject what is trying to hurtle us into annihilation. Listen to reject empire. Listen for wonder and dream and what will set you free. And listen for six tracks chosen to preserve for future generations (spoiler alert: they’re so good) and for so much more. Enjoy! ABOUT / BIOS The Hawaiian and Indigenous Future Imaginaries (HIFI) Lab is a small organization dedicated to helping the Hawaiian community to develop future imaginaries for itself. This work is necessary for bringing abundant futures of our choosing into being rather than be subject to the futures others imagine for us. For us, one of the most important tools we have in this work is our imagination, and we cultivate it by bringing Kānaka Hawaiʻi into and/or strengthening pilina with other Indigenous artists from the Pacific and Native North America so we can all imagine infinite possibilities for our futures. HIFI is a place where ʻai pōhaku reimagine our futures and our interactions with ʻāina, kānaka, science, technology, moʻolelo, and mele through an abundance-centered creative and culturally based Kanaka lens. *bios continued in comments!* by @itslitwithphdj
New episode for your Saturday! Ep. 176 features the autofiction shorts and poetry of Christina N. Lee and the music she’s chosen to go with her work. Listen for memories of being a daughter and a granddaughter of a loved one with vascular dementia. Listen for the grief of being forgotten, and what it means to remember for our loved ones. Listen for kimchi with ice-cold barley tea in bowls of rice on a hot day, for the language of the body, and for time shifting to make sense of the present. Listen because we all need help remembering who we are, and we need each other to find the roadmap for how to survive too. ✨Link in bio and stories✨ BIO Christina N. Lee is a writer and educator born and raised on Oʻahu. She enjoys getting lost in crowded bazaars and reading good books. In 2023, her piece, “Kill Your Darlings,” a short autofiction that explores the traumatic effects of sexual violence, was awarded the Biography Prize by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Center for Biographical Research. She has published both short fiction and poetry in a chapbook series Aliquot by Hoʻolana publishing and a special issue of Bamboo Ridge, Kīpuka: Finding Refuge in Times of Change. Currently, she is working on her dissertation, a novel about disability, generational inheritance, and matrilineal love. You can find her on Instagram @dokkaebi13. PLAYLIST Intro LIT: “Harry Was Onto Something” (autofiction short) VIRGINIO AIELLO’s “VAN GOGH” LIT: “Her Mind Is The Shore” (poem) FAR’s “if only you could see yourself from my point of view” LIT: “White Hair” (autofiction short) HANZ’s “As Flowers Bloom and Fall” Author Interview EPIK HIGH’s “PIECES OF YOU” #Matrilineage #Memory #KoreanAmericanLiterature IG: @dokkaebi13 by @itslitwithphdj
Ep. 175 is out now for your listening pleasure, featuring the poetry of Noʻu Revilla and the music she chose to go with her work!! ✨Link in bio✨ Listen for what it means to claim our bodies in the aftermath of violence and grief. Listen to glimpse _Slang for Waterlogged Woman_ (come through, Noʻu’s book two!). Listen for what it means to belong to a lineage of generative refusals. Listen for echo. Listen for how revision and resurrection go hand in hand. Listen for how revision is a joy, and because a poem needs an audience to round out a cycle. Listen for the erotic and committing to fullness. Listen for the alchemy of a body meeting a body, agreeing to share in live reading spaces. Listen for what it means to leave it all out there for each other. Listen for how the magic of Indigenous cultures is not just spectacle and pau. Listen because there are consequences. Listen for how sound clears a path. Listen for what it means to commit to a creative life. And listen for so much more. Enjoy, beloveds. (And aren’t these throwback pics from ~seven years ago sweet?) AUTHOR BIO Noʻu Revilla (she/her) is an ʻŌiwi poet and educator. She was born and raised on the island of Maui and learned How to Aunty from the best. She is a lifetime “slyly / reproductive” student of Haunani-Kay Trask and lives with her wife near the rippling waters of Kaʻelepulu. PLAYLIST 1. SONG: “Crazy” by Patsy Cline 2. POEM: “Aia me Niolopua” 3. SONG: “Vai Tu Sei Libero” by Dalida 4. POEM: “Refusal” 5. SONG: “girl, get up” by Doechii feat. SZA 6. POEM: “Ex is a verb” 7. SONG: “Diamonds” by Rihanna 8. POEM: “Rising” 9. SONG: “Make Me Feel” by Janelle Monáe 10. POEM: “Poi mouth” 11. SONG: “I Am” by Stan Walker #moʻowahine #poetry #revision #KānakaʻŌiwi #SlylyReproductive by @itslitwithphdj
NEW EPISODE ALERT! ✨link to listen in bio + stories✨ Ep. 174 features excerpts from the latest novel of @devislaskar, _Midnight, at the War_ (out now with @marinerbooks), and the music Devi has chosen to go with her work. We hope you enjoy this episode about the very real issues foreign correspondents faced in the early aughts and beyond. As the jacket copy states: "Set in the years immediately after 9/11, and drawn from Devi Laskar’s own experience as a government reporter in the 1990s and early aughts, Midnight, at the War is an exploration of love and grief, of moral ambiguity and forgiveness, of modern war and the wars we wage within ourselves." BIO: Devi S. Laskar is a poet & novelist, artist, photographer, songwriter, and former newspaper reporter. Her debut poetry collection. Her debut poetry collection, Self-Portraits Ex Machina, is out now from Finishing Line Press. Laskar is the author of the award-winning novel, The Atlas of Reds and Blues, and recently, Circa, a GOOP Book Club selection. In 2022, USA Today named her one of 50 AAPI authors to read. She holds degrees from Columbia University, University of Illinois, and UNC-Chapel Hill. She now lives in California with her family. Find her on IG @devislaskar and on Bluesky @devislaskar.sky.social PLAYLIST 1. Hard Hat Jive – Tananas 2. Author Intro 3. Manteca (dizzy Gillespie remix, verve2 remixed) 4. LIT: First excerpt, Prologue 5. mama (metro area birthday remix, Hugh Masekela, verve2 remixed) 6. LIT: Second excerpt, Chapter 1 7. Bengali Inna Di Dance (Brooklyn Shanti feat. vayu) 8. LIT: Third excerpt, later in Chapter 1 9. African Suite “Mbira” (LAGQ live) 10. LIT: Fourth excerpt, continuing Chapter 1 11. lineage (zakir hussain) 12. LIT: Fifth excerpt 13. on the dub-ble (dj Krush) 14. Author Interview 15. für Elise (Jon batiste version) 16. This Must Be The Place naive melody (Talking Heads) #AAPI #fiction #journalism #MidnightAtTheWar by @itslitwithphdj
Episode 173 is hot off the presses! Listen to this episode to immerse yourself in a world 200-plus years in the future in a Hawaiian homestead in Los Angeles, where magic is tied to language and independent smithing (spell-crafting) in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is illegal. Kea, who sells black-market spells, becomes a prime suspect in the murder of a prominent LA activist, and she has to save herself, her clan, and her homestead just as their treaty with Los Angeles is set to expire. This episode features speculative fiction and fantasy author Shay Kauwe and the music she’s chosen to go with her work. Enjoy this urban fantasy episode celebrating Shay’s first novel, The Killing Spell, just released this year! ✨Link to full episode in bio and stories✨ BIO Shay Kauwe is a Kanaka Maoli author from Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. They now live in Oʻahu. Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and was named an NCTE Early Educator of Color in 2021. In 2022, she was awarded an Empowering ʻŌiwi Leadership Award by the Hawaiian Council for her work in storytelling and literacy. Her debut urban fantasy THE KILLING SPELL, published this year by Saga/Solaris Books, is the first traditionally published adult fantasy novel by a Hawaiian author. Find Shay on IG and TikTok @shaykauwe. PLAYLIST 1--Author Intro 2--LIT: Excerpt 1 from The Killing Spell 3--Song: Xiuhtezcatl – YOUNG WARRIOR 4--LIT: Excerpt 2 from The Killing Spell 5--Song: I Am The Way (feat. PUA & Danejah) 6--LIT: Excerpt 3 from The Killing Spell 7--Song: BAD BUNNY – LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii 8--Author interview questions 9--Outro song: Chasing Abbey – ÍORÓNTA #IndigenousLanguageRevitilization #ʻŌleloHawaiʻi #LanguageLearning #HawaiianHistory by @itslitwithphdj
NEW EPISODE hot off the presses! Link in bio and stories :) This episode features mystery author Tori Eldridge, whom we last featured on episode 124 in August 2020! This episode is celebrating Tori’s latest, forthcoming novel Hawaiʻi Rage (to be published on May 19 of this year with Thomas & Mercer), which is set to Tori’s musical choices. Hawaiʻi Rage is the second book in the Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mystery series. Listen to this episode to meet a multigenerational paniolo family, including a 67-year-old who ropes a lost bull with ʻOpihi, the best cow horse, knowing that if he goes back for help, heʻll be sealing his retirement; Kupuna Kāne, a 97-year-old keeper of paniolo traditions; and the main character, Makalani, a six-foot protagonist from Kauaʻi sent to Hawaiʻi Island to smooth out family relations as she looks into a mysterious murder. Listen for the miracle of creating something out of nothing; for coming home, healing, and forgiveness; and for the reminder that our families can be our own altars. Enjoy, loved ones. BIO Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of Kaua‘i Storm and Hawai‘i Rage. She was born and raised in Honolulu—of Hawaiian, Chinese, and Norwegian descent—and now lives in Portland, Oregon, to be with her grandchildren. She’s earned multiple award nominations for her acclaimed Lily Wong ninja thriller series and was awarded the 2021 Crimson Scribe Award for Best Book of the Year. Tori holds a 5th-degree black belt in the ninja martial arts and has performed in Broadway musicals and toured in the original 1st national company of Cats. She appeared every week on the final season of The Love Boat as a Love Boat Mermaid and performed the motion capture for the lead in the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. You can learn more about Tori and her books at ToriEldridge.com #ToriEldridge #HawaiiRage #hawaii Facebook: Tori Eldridge and Tori Eldridge by @itslitwithphdj
Ep. 171 is hot off the presses. Come get this medicine, beloveds. We all need it, no doubt. We usually compile an intro to episodes, but Julia's is so beautiful, we won't deign to try to make a better intro. LINK IN BIO! Intro by the author: "I offer these pieces as a nurse called to care and to witness during a time of extraordinary darkness. I do not pretend to be the authoritative voice on the horrors that are happening, but I do commit to using every platform I have to highlight the violence I see. My journey of care has brought me back home to Northern California to serve a community directly targeted by state violence. I had previously been working on Windward Oahu with psychiatric patients failed by state neglect. I think one thread that connects these pieces, and to which I hope other listeners can relate, is the enormous moral cost of caring for vulnerable people in a broken broken system. A cost that falls especially heavy on those struggling to recover a semblance of self from their own histories of trauma. This “burnout” is not unique to healthcare workers, but belongs also to teachers, social workers, and anyone tasked with the impossibility of fostering life among the ruins of late capitalism--and now fascism, ethnic cleansing, and its mandate of annihilation. At present I can offer little hope in my work. But I do insist on caring regardless of the costs, on maintaining our networks of love and support, and on recovering the beauty and the pain that make us humans in undeniable connection with each other." BIO: Julia Lilly Katz is a nurse practitioner honored to serve Sonoma County. She writes poems to practice healthy coping skills. When she has exhausted them, she drinks local beer and sings karaoke. You can connect with her @yamammasan #FuckICE #ChingaLaMigra #FueraICE by @itslitwithphdj
MIA is BACK!! 🥳 please join us this Thursday at HUB cowriting space (next to fancy Whole Foods in Kaka’ako) from 6-8 pm!!!🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩 by @itslitwithphdj
New episode! Link in bio!! This episode features the poetry of heidi andrea restrepo rhodes (last featured in 2022) and the music they’ve chosen to go with their work! heidi is sharing work today from their second book of poetry, titled Wayward Creatures, just released by Host Publications. Listen to this episode for a song for a poet and a poem for a musician. Listen for thieving time in the grass, for finding god in the clearing and in each other’s throats, for feeling for tentaculum, for “the dead believe in me. Why can’t you?” and wanting no settled lineage. Listen because as of September 2025, there are 987 anti-trans bills being considered. Listen for what it means to be water and shore bird, for extending possibility to the young, for freedom in the wreckage of gender, for “everywhere, beautiful & alive.” Listen for the wounding and wilding work of getting free. #queer #trans #crip #poetry BIO heidi andrea restrepo rhodes is a queer, non-binary, crip/disabled, brown, writer, artist, scholar, educator, cultural worker and creature of the Colombian diaspora. They are author of The Inheritance of Haunting (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019), Ephemeral (Ecotheo Collective, 2024), Afterlives of Discovery: Speculative Geographies in the Settler Colonial Imaginary (Duke University Press, 2025), and Wayward Creatures (Host Publications, 2025). They are a professor of feminist, queer, and disability studies; poetry co-editor at Apogee Journal; and their poetry and creative nonfiction have been published in American Poetry Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry, and Waxwing, among other places. They live in Southern California. Find them on IG @vessels.we.are Advertisement PLAYLIST --Dasychira, Elysia Crampton and Embaci’s “Undead” --LIT: “If god is a stutter” --jjjjjerome ellis’s “havensong” --LIT: “Tentacular” --Anohni “starfish” --LIT: “Transgender Opera for Perpetual Metamorphosis” --Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s “The Ones Ahead” --AUTHOR INTERVIEW --Gaelynn Lea’s “Breathe, You are Alive” --Tony and the kiki’s “Listen” by @itslitwithphdj
Episode 169 is hot off the presses, featuring Rain Wright (@rainw_right) and the music she’s selected to go with her work! Listen for a love letters to daughters, for what it means to raise strong daughters, for working to honor loved ones’ wishes in their final days, for mercy, for sacred bodies, for ashes spread on the lava field, for messages received both waking and in dreams, for collaborating with mountains and hair, for tide-wet hands, for an intergenerational family portrait, and for how language and visual art heal. BIO Rain Wright received her Ph.D. in English with a focus on creative writing, life writing, and critical ethnic studies theory from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She currently teaches at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, and Leeward. Rain’s creative work has appeared in Hawaiʻi Review, Mud Season Review, Connotations Press: An Online Artifact, Madras Magazine, Summit Magazine, Hawaiʻi Pacific Review, Entropy Magazine, Dreamers, The Pinch Journal, After Happy Hour Journal, Arc Journal, Minerva Rising, Rising Phoenix Review, and Fugue Journal. She is the author of The Language of Mothers (2025), from Running Wild Press. Rain is the Prose Editor for Antipodes Journal and a board member and editor for Hoʻolana Publishing. She believes the ocean cures everything. Find her on social media on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook, and on her website at https://rain-wright.com/ #memoir #MentalHealthAwareness #MothersAndDaughters PLAYLIST 1. Author Intro 2. LIT: "Daughters" 3. Nina Simone's "I'm Feeling Good" 4. LIT: "Birth Water" 5. Sade's "No Ordinary Love" 6. LIT: "Bird Language" 7. Childish Gambino's "Me and Your Mama" 8. LIT: "Genealogy of Hair" 9. Ray LaMontagne's "You Are the Best Thing" 10. LIT: excerpt from "Flute Music" 11. Prince's "Purple Rain" 12. Author Interview by @itslitwithphdj
New episode alert! Phew, that was a long hiatus. *Link in bio* This episode features excerpts from Donald Carreira Ching’s short-story collection, Blood Work and Other Stories, just released by Bamboo Ridge Press, and the music the author has chosen to accompany his work. Listen closely to this speculative fiction / autofiction sampling to remember how fiction provides the distance to write about difficult, raw things, for whether god’s face is in the flood, for makeshift roadside memorials, for vigilantism, grief, and the desire for justice, for loved ones gone too soon, for the path to finding your true writing voice, and more. We hope you enjoy this episode! #BambooRidge #BloodworkAndOtherStories #HawaiiLiterature #HawaiiBooks #HawaiiWriters PLAYLIST AUTHOR INTRO Intro: Bon Iver, 22 (Over soon) LIT: Search the Waters Bright Eyes, “Four Winds” LIT: Vigilant Acts Paula Fuga, Country Road (feat. Jack Johnson) LIT: The Odds Noah Kahan, Carlo’s Song (acoustic) AUTHOR INTERVIEW Outro: Bon Iver, “There’s a Rhythm.” by @itslitwithphdj

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