Several Punahou alumni and faculty have published books that span a variety of genres and subjects. Here’s a roundup of some of their work.
Indran Amirthanaygam ’78
“Seer”
“Seer” is a multi-lingual, multi-coastal, multi-dimensional poetic record of a time in our collective history when our potential human demise loomed large and when the only way to save ourselves seemed to be separation and isolation.
Indran Amirthanaygam ’78
“The Runner’s Almanac”
This intimate and haunting collection is a love song, a soliloquy, a work of praise, a call to arms, an offering of abundance. There’s an urgency to The Runner’s Almanac: what’s inside the poet must come out.
Brad Stern ’78
“A Reasonable Amount of Violence”
The book is a visceral, razor-edge crime thriller set in the drug-fueled shadows of 1980’s Boulder, Colorado. Beneath the surface of a college town buzzed a violent subculture of hustlers, coke deals and schemes gone sideways.
Kathleen Norris ’65 with Gareth Higgins
“A Whole Life in Twelve Movies: A Cinematic Journey to a Deeper Spirituality”
The book outlines a cinematic path toward a deeper spirituality and a more meaningful life for people across the faith spectrum and seekers alike.
Layton Pang ’82
“Where do YOU want to go?”
No matter how good or bad you think your life is or how healthy you think you are, we all know our time on earth is temporary. But when your time comes, where do you want to go?
Faculty: Marilyn Stassen-McLaughlin and Ralph Thomas Kam
“Princess Victoria Ka‘iulani: Last Heir of the Hawaiian Kingdom”
This new biography of Princess Victoria Ka‘iulani goes far beyond most accounts of her life, which tend to dwell on nostalgic recollections of what could have been rather than the reality of her life.
Carl Spiegelberg ’57
“Carl Alexander: Being an Island Boy, 1939 – 1957”
The book is an assemblage of memoirs about the mid-twentieth century and the formative years of an island boy, of a Honolulu childhood in the 1940s and teen years in the 1950s.
Christopher Clarey ’82
“The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay”
This work illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish Rafael Nadal’s most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles.
Tori Brenno ’79 Eldridge
“Kaua‘i Storm: A Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mystery”
After ten years as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula is back on Kaua‘i for her grandmother’s birthday. When she reaches the homestead, she finds a bickering family and the disconcerting news that her cousins – a failed college football player and a rebellious teenage girl – have gone missing. Although her help may not be welcomed by family and locals, Makalani is determined to solve a mystery that poses a greater risk than anyone imagines.
Josh Bates ’96
“The Baghdad Shuffle”
Hardboiled, profane, and as unnerving as a night patrol, The Baghdad Shuffle is the first dance in a trilogy of war, crime, and revenge that cuts new wounds in the modern American experience in the Middle East.