Math Rhymes with Laugh

The little girl’s eyes were riveted on the four objects her father placed in front of him on the table. … More

The Bird Lady of Āliamanu

She was a lover who’d found something to love wholeheartedlyEveryone knew her as the Bird Lady of Āliamanu IntermediateThe school … More

My third grade teacher, Miss Reed (Read)Told my parents that I did not read at grade levelShe asked them if … More

The first step out of thereFailing to memorize ten Bible versesOn every bus ride to confirmation classHumming rock songs in … More

Did you learn anything yesterday?I learned that notes of a songAre played like daisies being plucked along a path.I learned … More

A revered professor. From our days of college pressures and living free, before the world you know tries its level … More

He’d switched from champagne to beer. He’d disappeared from the reception down in the main ballroom, and I’d decided to … More

“So, I read your papers,” said Mr. Yang. “How many times do I have to tell you, folks, never to … More

Dreaming, he recollected the building as his old high school.Floating on air, he was transported into a classroom there.On the … More

It’s billed as A Match Made in Heaven, a revered traditional Korean love storycarried down from a bygone age to … More

What is it you see out there? What do you hear? My woman standing at the window staring out into the … More

I was born in a land of English speakers,where parents believed speaking Englishwas the key to success. My father was … More

No need to save anything on a board anymore, black or white, ephemeral chalk or marker. I’ve seen it in … More

I stared at the block of numbers on the board. I recognized all of them; I could count. I did … More

I teach composition at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.I choose to spend as little time in my office as … More

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

Lots of times you don’t know if it’s a joke with Dave or not. If you survey all us folks … More

Never mind the bloody footprint track his right boot made for the first few steps. Nobody is 100% perfect. But truly, … More

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

1977. It’s mostly a blur. Sometimes when I try to recall the events of that year, it seems as if it were … More