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
Born and raised in Kapahulu, Oʻahu, Kanae is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino ancestry. Before returning to college after a ten-year hiatus, she worked as a secretary. 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.
Career
Kanae is an English professor at Kapiʻolani Community College, where she chairs the LLL (Languages, Linguistics and Literature) Department. Kanae is a recipient of the 2009 Cades Award for Literature for Emerging Writers.
Kanae was an editor for Hawaiʻi Review and an editorial assistant for ‘Ōiwi. She is best known for being a Hawaiʻi author that writes in Pidgin, but has also tried her hand at spoken-word poetry, too. She has written for Hawaiʻi journal Hybolics.
Bibliography
- 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
- "Lisa Linn Kanae". Poetry Foundation. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- "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.
- Malone, Karen (2009-03-30). "A writer from a tender age". Kapiʻo. 46 (10).
- Yamashiro, Lexus (March 22, 2017). "Hawai'i Writers Share Works, Knowledge During Literary Reading | Kapi'o News". Kapi'o. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- "THE HAWAI'I LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- Calma, Jhoanna (2000-08-23). "Bare Naked". Honolulu Weekly. 10 (34): 17.
- Spahr, Juliana (2004). "Review of Sista Tongue, by Lisa Linn Kanae". The Contemporary Pacific: 211–212. hdl:10125/13795. ISSN 1043-898X.
- "Instructor Lisa Kana'e Featured in Daily Paper". Kapi'o. 2000-11-08.
- 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.
- Senaga, Ryan (2002-04-10). "Multiplicity-out". Honolulu Weekly. 12 (15).