Mari Yoshihara's critically acclaimed Dearest Lenny: Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro is based on personal letters penned by and to world-renowned musician Leonard Bernstein.
As the 2023–25 Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate, Brandy Nālani McDougall hopes to show how poetry and ʻāina together can be a strong source of healing and connection.