Show Notes for Ep. 47 "Snaring New Suns"
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Mary Anne interviews editors Tom Gammarino, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie, and Lyz Soto about their anthology of speculative works of literature, poetry, and art from Hawai’i and beyond: “Snaring New Suns.” Together, they discuss the initial difficulties they faced when putting together the anthology, the types of submissions within the collection, and what it means to be a local of Hawaii. This interview is a part of the Portolan Project, an initiative to provide a wealth of exceptional creative writing courses and resources.
You can check out the anthology at Bambooridge here: https://www.bambooridge.org/bookstore/snaring-new-suns/
Recorded February, 2023 / Published July 10, 2023
Contents
- 0:00:00 – introduction to Snaring New Sunds editors
- 0:06:20 – on the origins of Snaring New Suns
- 0:07:30 – on the initial round of submissions
- 0:15:30 – on the slam poetry scene in Hawaii
- 0:17:13 – on the writers they solicited for the anthology and achieving diversity in collaborative projects
- 0:20:10 – what the editors were hoping to get with their callout
- 0:24:00 – on who is a local of Hawaii and who they encouraged to submit to the anthology
- 0:31:37 – on how they ordered the pieces within the anthology
- 0:37:30 – on the consideration of language
- 0:49:13 – on the poetry within the collection
- 0:56:13 – on tourism and the fragility of the Hawaii ecosystem
- 1:13:00 – closing thoughts and poetry reading
Works Mentioned
Organized by order of appearance.
- Toy Planes, novella by Tobias S Buckell
- We Live in the Future, essay by Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada
