and introduces the children of missionaries
"talk stories" that they describe as a dance between teller and listener
lived on the snowcapped peaks of Mauna Kea
Volume I culminates seven years of weekly meetings of study and research by the Culture Committee of the Queen Liliuokalani Childrens Center
the original Hotel Hana Maui
The Oldtimers Micronesia and introduces the children ofWing Tek Lums third collection of poetry, The Oldtimers, imagines life in Honolulu Chinatown circa 1900. Lum gives voice to the forgotten pioneer generation of sojourners and settlers, detailing the trials and temptations of this bachelor society living far from their homelandtheir hard work, their diversions, their challenges, and, even amidst the notorious plague and fire, their perseverance. Wing Tek Lums poetry, renowned for its vivid imagery,