2024 was pretty neat (it changed my life) / extra grateful today for this life I get to live (trying to figure out what I did to deserve it) and can’t wait to keep it going in 2025 / here’s to more writing, more reading, more hula, more puppy cuddles, and more time with my people—oh! and a wedding!!

my poem HAWAIIAN BABY FOOD, CIRCA 1997 is a finalist for the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize ✨and will be published in the upcoming San Diego Poetry Annual

Written by the award-winning, bestselling author of JINGLE DANCER, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), and filled with tender illustrations by @kategardinerillus.bsky.social (Nipmuck), this unforgettable, warmhearted picture book is for family and the friends who become family. 📖 bit.ly/4eMCjoa

Wisdom from Martha Stewart’s Netflix documentary.

kānaka get to go to the drive-in too!!!! obsessed with this cover art by Paula TopSky Houtz & beyond honored my short story in verse has such a beautiful home in this anthology @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

This cover!!!!! My first published short story in verse is so lucky to be apart of this collection 🥹

Get ready, YA readers! The cover artist and designer really outdid themselves on this one. 🥤

I cannot wait 👀. So honored to be apart of this amazing anthology.