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In the Short Stories section, there are over 20 books listed in alphabetical order by title. Scroll down the page and find the title that interests you. Permission to scan the cover of A SMALL OBLIGATION AND OTHER STORIES OF HILO, by Susan Nunes (Bamboo Ridge Press, c1982) was granted by Bamboo Ridge Press. No other use of this image, including electronic transmission, is allowed without express permission from the publisher.

• American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices, by Laurence Yep. 1993.
  
• Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming, by Michelle Cruz Skinner. c1988.
  11 stories by the author who was born in the Philippines to a Filipina and an American man
• Bananaheart and Other Stories: A Collection of Fiction, by Marie Hara. 1994.
  short stories about being an immigrant in Hawaii
• The Best of Bamboo Ridge, The Hawaii Writers' Quarterly, edited by Eric Chock and Darrell H.Y. Lum. 1986.
  poetry and short stories by "local" writers, previously published by Bamboo Ridge Press between 1978 and 1985
• Blue Skin of the Sea, by Graham Salisbury. 1992.
  about  two male cousins growing up in Kailua-Kona area during the 1960's and 1970's
• Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy, by Baxter Black. c1997.
  a veterinarian from the Western United States writes about his experiences
• The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and other Stories, by Jack London. 1981.
  Gloucester fishermen brave the Atlantic Ocean and other short stories by the adventure/outdoor writer
• Camp Notes and Other Writings, by Mitsuye Yamada. 1998.
  reflections on living in an internment camp in Idaho during the outbreak of World War II
• A Collection of Stories About Hawaii, by Gordon Morse. 1996.
  11 stories are told by the author; some are based on his childhood and others are classic tales retold by him
• Crimes and Mathdemeanors, by Leith Hathout. 2007.
  A 14-year old math genius helps the police solve cases
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories, by Robert Louis Stevenson. 1886, 1994.
  the mysterious other personality of a respectable physician creates a classic thriller
• Exiles From Time: Stories of Hawaii, by Ian MacMillan. 1998.
  Contemporary Hawaii short stories with unusual themes
• Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories, by Lee Cataluna, 2004.
  A collection of stories that highlights the diverse people of Hawaii.
• Gift From the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 1955.
  a collection of essays that celebrate a woman's search for solitude and that describe her appreciation of nature
• The Girl in the Moon Circle, by Sia Figiel. c1996.
  the author tells stories about her village and growing up Samoan
• Good Scent From a Strange Mountain, by Robert Butler. 1992.
  stories of Vietnamese refugees who settled in Louisiana but remember their homeland
• Growing Up Local: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose From Hawai`i, edited by Eric Chock, James R. Harstad, Darrell H.Y. Lum and Bill Teter. 1998.
  
• Hawai`i One Summer, by Maxine Hong Kingston. 1998.
  eleven essays about the author's life while living in Hawai`i and teaching high school
• The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. 1991.
  short stories about growing up in the Hispanic section of Chicago
• Island Boyz, by Graham Salisbury. 2002.
  11 contemporary short stories about growing up in Hawai`i
• Jack London's Tales of Hawaii, by Jack London. 1984.
  timeless stories of problems and promises of Hawaii's ethnic groups from the author of White Fang and Call of the Wild
• John Lennon, In His Own Write, by John Lennon. c1964.
  includes drawings, poetry and short stories by Lennon, a member of the Beatles
• The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. 1989.
  classic tales of India written by master storyteller Kipling
• Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living, by Bailey White. 1993.
  a collection of very short stories about Georgia that are humorous, touching and personal
• Mango Lady & Other Stories From Hawaii, by Ted Gugelyk. 1997.
  the writer, a retired UH Manoa professor, connects 6 stories with themes of surfing and the ocean
• Mark Twain in Hawaii: Roughing it in the Sandwich Islands, by Samuel Clemens. 1990.
  interesting short stories about the famous storyteller's visits to Hawaii
• North of the Rio Grande, edited by Edward Simmen. 1992.
  a collection of Mexican American short stories
• Once, a Lotus Garden and Other Stories, by Jessica Saiki. 1987.
  20 short stories of Hawaii
• The Other Side of the Island, by Yvonne Nelson Perry. 1994.
15 short stories of Hawaii's various cultures
• Passages to the Dream Shore: Short Stories of Contemporary Hawaii, edited by Frank Stewart. 1987.
  a multicultural collection of stories that show the many sides of Hawaii--love, hate, racism, country, city, survival
• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard. 1974.
a collection of essays about the author's love of nature
• The Princess of the Night Rides and Other Tales, by John Dominis Holt. 1977.
  10 short stories including one of Princess Kaiulani and her night rides on her Arabian mare
• A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, by Norman Maclean. 1976.
  the author tells how, in a collection of short stories, his love of nature influenced his childhood and life experiences
• The Sea-Wolf and Other Stories, by Jack London. 1989.
  London's experiences at sea while seal hunting
• Seeing the Invisible, edited by Frank Stewart and Bruce Fulton. 1997.
translations of short stories, poetry and essays from America, Asia and the Pacific including many from Korea's contemporary authors
• Sharing Secrets, edited by Nora Okja Cobb-Keller and Carrie O'Connor. c1993.
  Hawaii women write about family violence--the pain and healing; includes short stories, poetry and art
• The Shawl, by Cynthia Ozick. 1990.
  2 short stories about a mother who witnessed the brutal murder of her daughter in a Jewish concentration camp
• Sherlock Holmes Reader, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1994.
8 classic stories by one of the most famous mystery/detective writers
• Sister Stew: Fiction and Poetry by Women, edited by Juliet S. Kono and Cathy Song. 1991.
  poetry and short stories by American women writers, many from Hawaii, are included
• Small Faces, by Gary Soto. 1993.
  short stories with muti-cultural themes--primarily Chicano ones
• A Small Obligation and Other Stories of Hilo, by Susan Nunes. 1982.
  the writer, who grew up on the Big Island, wrote these 23 short stories with a hapa Japanese/Portuguese theme
• Stories of Hawaii, by Jack London. 1990.
  after sailing to Honolulu from San Francisco at the turn of the century, London wrote stories about the many cultures of Hawaii and their problems, leprosy, and the islands being overtaken by Americans
• Storytellers' Collection, compiled by Melody Carlson. 2000.
  40 international Christian stories
• Tales From Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World, by Paul Yee. 1989.
  8 original stories tell how Chinese immigrants coped with their traditional beliefs while building railroads and working in factories
  
• Tales from the Japanese storytellers: As Collected in the Ho-Dan-Zo,by Post Wheeler; selected and edited by Harold G. Henderson. 1964.
  A collection of Japanese stories
• Tapestries: Short Stories from the Asian Pacific Rim, edited by Sharon Jeroski. 1991.
  a collection of contemporary short fiction from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea
• Te Rau Maire, Poems and Stories of the Pacific. 1992.
  during the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts held in Rarotonga in 1992, writers both young and old contributed to this collection
• Tell Me a Riddle, by Tillie Olsen. 1960.
  4 short stories tell how it is to be hardworking but poor
• Walking Stars, by Victor Villasenor. 1994.
  a collection of stories about young people searching for their identities
• Wilderness, Lost Wrtitings of Jim Morrison, Volume I, by Jim Morrison. c1989.
  poetry and short stories by the Doors' Jim Morrison
   

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