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Ep. 110 | Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen & Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

05.19.2021 - By Reading WomenPlay

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In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen and Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls. Plus, special guest T Kira Madden recommends two books by Native Hawaiian authors.

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Things Mentioned

Interview with T Kira Madden

Book Recommendations: Happy Asian Pacific Heritage Month! Books By Maori and Pasifika Authors

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

We Need Diverse Books Blog Post: Resources for Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Books Mentioned

Hawaii's Story By Hawaii's Queen by Lili'uokalani

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Mahealani Madden

T Kira Recommends

Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport

This Is Paradise by Kristiana Kahakauwila

About Our GuestT Kira Mahealani Madden is a lesbian APIA writer, photographer, and amateur magician living in Hudson Valley, New York. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an BA in design and literature from Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College. She is the founding Editor-in-chief of No Tokens, a magazine of literature and art, and is a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction literature from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has received fellowships from MacDowell, Hedgebrook, Tin House, DISQUIET, Summer Literary Seminars, and Yaddo, where she was selected for the 2017 Linda Collins Endowed Residency Award. She facilitates writing workshops for homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals and currently teaches in the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College. Her debut memoir, LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS, was a New York Times Editors' Choice selection, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and a finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award for lesbian memoir. There is no period in her name.

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