AFAR

UNDERSTANDING ALOHA ‘ÁINA

Kawai Strong Washburn is a climate activist and the author of the novel Sharks in the Time of Saviors (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020), which follows the struggles and triumphs of a Hawaiian family touched by the divine.

I grew up in a small town on the Big Island, Honoka‘a, which is where

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from AFAR

AFAR4 min read
Into the Mystic
I don’t see how we’re making it to dinner,I said to my husband, Taylor,as we picked our way up a craggy hill, our backs to the North Atlantic.We were 13 miles intoa 43-mile, three-day trek across the Dingle Peninsula,Ireland’s westernmost promontory.
AFAR16 min read
The Best New Hotels in the World
A GREAT HOTEL can define an entire trip. So each year, AFAR’s team of experts selects the world’s best new and renovated arrivals, whether it’s an Edwardian landmark in central London, a high-design hideaway in Marrakech, or a canvas-walled luxury ca
AFAR1 min read
Great American Cities PHILADELPHIA
For years, travelers have visited Philadelphia to experience stories written long ago: to walk in Benjamin Franklin’s footsteps, see the birth-place of the Declaration of Independence, and, of course, check out that broken bell. But the stories unfol

Related Books & Audiobooks