Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Poet and novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka reads from "Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre" (Bamboo Ridge Press, 1993), from Honolulu, HI.
Lois-Ann Yamanaka lives in a concrete jungle called Honolulu and cannot wait to move home to the Big Island of Hawai‘i. Lois-Ann keeps sane by creating even though writing is WORK that requires intense intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual focus. So, this is my mantra: I love having had written, but I kind of dislike writing. Another writer said that. Believe me, writing is very hard work. She appreciates Poets House for its efforts in keeping artists visible and heard during a time that we need it most.
Poet and novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka reads from "Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre" (Bamboo Ridge Press, 1993), from Honolulu, HI.
Lois-Ann Yamanaka lives in a concrete jungle called Honolulu and cannot wait to move home to the Big Island of Hawai‘i. Lois-Ann keeps sane by creating even though writing is WORK that requires intense intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual focus. So, this is my mantra: I love having had written, but I kind of dislike writing. Another writer said that. Believe me, writing is very hard work. She appreciates Poets House for its efforts in keeping artists visible and heard during a time that we need it most.
