Laurel Nakanishi

Laurel Nakanishi is the author of Ashore (Tupelo Press, 2021) and Mānoa | Makai (Epiphany Editions, 2013). She is the director of Hawaiʻi Open Arts (HŌʻĀ). From the ahupuaʻa of Kapālama on the island of Oʻahu, pae ʻāina [archipelagos] of Hawaiʻi, Nakanishi is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission.