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Johnfromberkeley on Hawaii
Musing on paradise from the mainland
At the Aloha Festival in San Francisco, I had the good fortune of getting to hear Wayne Moniz read from his new book Under Maui Skies. It’s unique because he tells seven short stories about Maui in seven different genres: love, detective, adventure, war, science fiction, and ghost stories, and a Western.
I got to hear him read a story about Tandy MacKenzie, a Hawaiian opera star from the early 2oth century. I especially enjoyed this story, because Tandy was from Hana, my favorite Hawaiian location. He also read a bit from his Western, which was quite hilarious. In addition to being a writer, Wayne also is a playwright, and he is very expressive and theatrical in his reading. You can catch a video of him reading here:
You can download a PDF of the Western short story. If you’d like to order the book, you can get it from Amazon:
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