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Lisa Linn Kanae is an English professor at Kapiʻolani Community College and is best known for her poetry and short stories written in Hawaiian Pidgin.

Early life and education

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Born and raised in Kapahulu, Oʻahu, Kanae is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino ancestry.[1] Before returning to college after a ten-year hiatus, she worked as a secretary.[2] Beginning at Kapiʻolani Community College, Kanae later transferred to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she earned her B.A. and then went on to earn her M.A. in 1999.[3]

Career

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Kanae is an English professor at Kapiʻolani Community College, where she chairs the LLL (Languages, Linguistics and Literature) Department.[4] Kanae is a recipient of the 2009 Cades Award for Literature for Emerging Writers.[5]

Kanae was an editor for Hawaiʻi Review[6] and an editorial assistant for ‘Ōiwi.[7] She is best known for being a Hawaiʻi author that writes in Pidgin,[8] but has also tried her hand at spoken-word poetry, too.[9] She has written for Hawaiʻi journal Hybolics.[10]

Bibliography

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  • Kanae, Lisa Linn (1998). Ola's Son. Tin Fish Press.
  • Kanae, Lisa Linn (2001). Sista tongue. Kaneohe, HI: Tinfish. ISBN 0-9712198-2-6. OCLC 48633353.
  • Kanae, Lisa Linn (2009). Islands linked by ocean : stories. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bamboo Ridge Press. ISBN 978-0-910043-79-3. OCLC 303032379.

References

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  1. ^ "Lisa Linn Kanae". Poetry Foundation. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  2. ^ "Kanae's 1st short-story book a gem | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper". 2010-12-15. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. ^ Malone, Karen (2009-03-30). "A writer from a tender age". Kapiʻo. 46 (10).
  4. ^ Yamashiro, Lexus (March 22, 2017). "Hawai'i Writers Share Works, Knowledge During Literary Reading | Kapi'o News". Kapi'o. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ^ "THE HAWAI'I LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ Calma, Jhoanna (2000-08-23). "Bare Naked". Honolulu Weekly. 10 (34): 17.
  7. ^ Spahr, Juliana (2004). "Review of Sista Tongue, by Lisa Linn Kanae". The Contemporary Pacific: 211–212. hdl:10125/13795. ISSN 1043-898X.
  8. ^ "Instructor Lisa Kana'e Featured in Daily Paper". Kapi'o. 2000-11-08.
  9. ^ Ho‘omanawanui, Ku‘ualoha (2005). "He Lei Ho'oheno no nä Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry". The Contemporary Pacific. hdl:10125/13836. ISSN 1043-898X.
  10. ^ Senaga, Ryan (2002-04-10). "Multiplicity-out". Honolulu Weekly. 12 (15).
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