To Save a Life

Kwan woke to her neighbor’s rooster crowing. It was a welcome new sound these days for her. Other neighbors hated, she knew, … More

To Move On

All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More

“I’m sorry,” David said, patting me on the shoulder. “Hey, we were old news,” I said. “Kama won Amelia fair and … More

when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More

I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver, … More

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi. If there were someone living near you who had … More

My neighbor has an elephant dressed like Santa up on his roof. Every night when it gets dark, he plugs it … More

It was that booming sound of rage, so thrillingto witness the angry sloshup of hydrologic forces,brimming froth and foam and … More

This is the way it should be for everyone who passesswing us back, some yearning mote of feather dust floatsin … More

I understand that scholars on the subject now generally can neither agree nor disagree whether Martin Luther, ordered to recant … More

Recovering himself, Chan said. “We found heroin in Cal’s locker at Siu Lum Pai. He stole it from one of the Mexicans … More

Back at his desk, Chan took a look at the files of some other open cases. The one that concerned him … More

so dis year I only goin be one half year oldahdan I was my las birtday. Cuzj’like I nevah live wit … More

“The children,” she said, trying to lift her hand, but only able to look their way, nod her head toward … More

This is neon lit backstreetsbeckoning tourists to ogle belly-dancers,choose the one who will do more than simply shimmy.We arrive at … More