A close friend and relative of the late poet William Stanley Merwin, writer Robert Becker reflects on the lyricism of the poet’s prophetic work in prose and palms.

Photographer Francis Haar documented parts of Chinatown and Pālama—known as ‘A‘ala in the 1960s—while they were being demolished, capturing some of the final images of a Honolulu that has since disappeared.

With only $20 in hand, a writer browses the eclectic bargains of the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet. She finds everything she didn’t know she needed.

Maunakea has inspired a mighty wave of protectors to save a sacred mountain. Within the movement, new songs, chants, and stories are being birthed.