READ @ MPL

In this week's Women's Words: A Story Time for Adults, we read Alice Bloch's short story "Learning the Hula." (Find it in the anthology Hers 2.) Even if you couldn't make it to hear the story in person, you'll enjoy these books if you want to explore the culture, landscape, and of course music and dance of this tropical paradise.

Adventurer's Hawaii : photographic glimpses of the Hawaiian Islands as seen by the hiker, kayaker, and adventurer by Peter Caldwell.

Hawaiʻi one summer by Maxine Hong Kingston.
Plants and flowers of Hawaiʻi / S.H. Sohmer and R. Gustafson.

Want to learn to hula? Check out our hula music and instructional videos.

Or explore the landscape from your couch with our travel films.

Submitted by Audrey @ Central