Lillianhowan - Lillian Howan

Thankful to the Hawai’i Book and Music Festival where I’ll be speaking as part of the Ms.aligned 2 panel. Sunday May 6 at 11 am to 12 noon, Makai Authors, Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds in Honolulu. Grateful to my fellow Ms.aligned poets and writers speaking on the panel: Pat Matsueda, Emily Benton, Adele NeJame, and Angela Nishimoto!

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Welcome readers!

A special welcome to travelers on the Magic Realism Blog Hop!

I’m the author of The Charm Buyers (University of Hawai’i Press 2017), a novel of love and magic, loss and renewal, set in Tahiti. I spent my early childhood in Tahiti and have returned several times since. Tahiti and the South Pacific is the home of my extended family and the final resting place of my mother and father.

In the islands, many cultures and realities coexist. What is magic to some, is reality for others. Magical realism becomes realistic magic. 

Feel free to peruse the photos here. (You may have to click on “Home” at the top of the page.)

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the uninhabited Îles Maria, Australes Islands

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

island of Ahe

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Today, 1st June 2015, Algy joins his friends in their campaign calling on Tumblr to Protect the Creators.

Tumblr does nothing to prevent rebloggers from removing the credits, captions and link-backs of original creative works posted here on Tumblr - posted free, by artists, photographers, writers and other creative people for the whole Tumblr community to share.

It takes a lot of time and effort to produce original work. Algy knows! So he joins the call to staff to take action to ensure that original work is reblogged in its original form, with all credits and captions intact, and always with link-back to the creator’s own blog.

Come on Tumblr, you can do it if you really want to! Protect the creators whose presence here on Tumblr makes it unique among social media platforms.

Heartfelt wishes and thanks to everyone!

Drum at Siida Sámi Museum in Inari, Finland by saamiblog.