Connie Pan is a writer and editor from Maui, Hawai‘i. She earned an MFA in fiction from West Virginia University and a BA in creative writing from Grand Valley State University. Her writing has appeared in Bamboo Ridge, Carve, HelloGiggles, PRISM International, The Billfold, and elsewhere. An excerpt from her novel-in-progress was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Instagram: @csnpan Twitter: @panlikepeter
This is what it looks like when a reader gives up buying books for 46 days for Lent.
After moving from Hawai‘i to California, my partner found a local arts center during our first month in the East Bay. ...
During a trip to the historic Ferry Building in San Francisco, I bought American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time. ...
If you were traveling without your personal and public library for at least six weeks, what books would you bring?
A traveler and former Maui resident bemoans the closing of yet another Lahaina bookstore, and seeks books in one of few shops still standing.
Better late than never! A reader casts a backward glance to reflect on personal reading stats and some favorite books of 2018.
A reader dives into the world of ebooks and writes about the experience.
Once upon a time, I was someone who didn’t go to the movies often, let alone see them opening weekend. ...
What books on your unread shelves are the most glaring?
On the restorative powers of a reading vacation for readers and writers both.