has been editor since 1989 and is the author of four books of poetry, the editor of eight anthologies, an essayist, and a translator. For his first three books of poetry, he was awarded the prestigious Whiting Writers’ Award in New York in 1986. His latest collection, By All Means, was published in 2003 by El Léon of Berkeley, California. He has also edited eight anthologies on the contemporary literature and environment of Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific. In 1978, he co-edited Talk Story: An Anthology of Hawaii’s Local Writers, and in 2004, the anthology The Poem Behind the Poem: Translating Asian Poetry into English was published by Copper Canyon Press. His books of environmental writing include A Natural History of Nature Writing and such edited works as The Presence of Whales and Wao Akua: The Sacred Source, which came out in 2003. His essays have been widely anthologized, most recently in Father Nature: Fathers as Guides to the Natural World, published by University of Iowa Press in 2003.
In 2002, Stewart represented American writers at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Indigenous and Contemporary Poetry, held in Manila; and in 2003 he was a U.S. representative to the Taipei International Poetry Festival, held in the Taiwan capital. He is a member of the board of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, headquartered at the University of San Francisco’s Center for the Pacific Rim, and an editorial advisor to the journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, published by the University of Nevada.
Stewart is a graduate of the University of Hawai‘i, where he has taught since 1974. In 1998, he received an excellence-in-teaching award, given by the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, and the George Lucas Award, which recognized him for his service to student publications. He is also a recipient of the Elliott Cades Award for Literature and the Hawai‘i Award for Literature, which is given by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council to a resident of Hawai‘i for outstanding achievement in the field of literature.
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Stewart with Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona (left) and HLAC vice-president Mike Leidemann (right) at the Hawai‘i Award for Literature ceremony. |
has been art and design editor since 1989. The winner of numerous local and national design awards, she is the principal of Barbara Pope Book Design. Recent books designed by her include The Queen’s Songbook (Hui Hanai), Na Mea Makamae: Hawaiian Treasures (Palapala Press), The Shishu Ladies of Hilo: Japanese Embroidery in Hawai‘i (University of Hawai‘i Press), Francis Haar: A Lifetime of Images (University of Hawai'i Press), Buke Mele Lahui [Book of National Songs] (Hawaiian Historical Society), and Pacific Images: Views from Captain Cook’s Third Voyage (Hawaiian Historical Society). Friends and colleagues congratulated designer Barbara Pope on receiving the 2007 John Dominis Holt Award for excellence in book publishing.
Staff photo by R. David Beales, of Malamalama.
Pat Matsueda
has been managing editor since 1992 and enjoys building websites, combining text and graphics for publication in print and online, and eating out with her friends. Her collection of poetry, Stray, was published by El León Literary Arts and Manoa Books.
started out as an intern at MANOA in 2008. She has done freelance editing and has managed a small book design company. She loves working in publishing and is now the journal's associate editor.
is originally from the SF Bay Area in California. Nelson came to UH to pursue his BA in English. In the future he would like to find a career in publishing, but his dream is to become a successful fiction writer. Although Nelson has his roots in California, he has come to love the Islands, and he knows his time here in Hawai‘i and at MANOA will stay with him forever. For the summer 2013 issue, he has been named the assistant editor.
is currently pursuing a PhD in English with interests in Victorian culture and literature. She is very happy for the opportunity to be working at MANOA as a Grace Abernethy Fellow (2012-2013). Originally from Okinawa, she is excited to explore more about her home, as well as other Asia-Pacific culture, through MANOA.
is currently interning at MANOA. His love of writing and of stories—about everything from history to superheroes—has led him to pursue a BA in English. After graduating, he hopes to travel around the world.
Corresponding Editors for North America
Barry Lopez
W.S. Merwin
Carol Moldaw
Michael Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye
Arthur Sze
Michelle Yeh
Corresponding Editors for Asia and the Pacific
Cambodia Sharon May
China Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Hong Kong
Shirley Geok-lin
Lim
Indonesia
John H. McGlynn
Japan
Leza Lowitz
Korea
Bruce
Fulton
New Zealand
& South Pacific
Vilsoni Hereniko
Pacific
Latin America
H. E. Francis, James Hoggard
Philippines
Alfred A. Yuson
South Asia
Sukrita Paul Kumar
Western
Canada
Charlene Gilmore
Advisory Group
William H. Hamilton
Robert Shapard
Robert Bley-Vroman
University of Hawai‘i Press has published MANOA since 1989.