Burma Banyan (ePub)

Dawn Fraser Kawahara, author of the compelling book Jackals' Wedding, A Memoir of a Childhood in British India, now brings to her readers its sequel, her second memoir, Burma Banyan, A Daughter's Odyssey, once again under the AuthorHouse/TropicBird Press imprint.

A former photo journalist and freelancer, Kawahara was Poetin- the-Schools (Kaua`i), and from her studies of ancient hula in Ka `Imi Institute produced Behold Kaua`i, Modern Days ~ Ancient Ways, a collection of original poetry and Hawaiian cultural information, as a love chant to her adopted home island. She is a Board Member of Ka `Imi Institute and the current president; a recipient of the James Vaughan Poetry Prize; and a long-standing member of and prizewinning poet in the National Federation of Poetry Societies. She has led writing workshops and been a contest judge for the Columbine Poets of Colorado and was the creator/curator of the Garden Island Arts Council's "April as National Poetry Month-Kaua`i Poetry Fests" for over a decade.

She currently hosts and guides the monthly meetings of the Kaua`I Live Poets' Society sponsored by the Lihu`e Branch of the Hawai`I State Library System, and contributes the "Green Flash" and "FarAway Places" editorial and travel columns published in The Garden Island newspaper. The author has focused her supportive interests within the Kaua`i community since the early 1980s. Kawahara was honored as an "Outstanding Older American-2019" by the Mayor and Council of the County of Kaua`i and the Governor and State Legislature of Hawai`i.

She and her husband, a retired biology teacher, are blessed with six grown children and five grandchildren. They share a passion for books and travel. Kawahara's books are available through Amazon and other outlets. To write to her, contact TropicBird Press, tropicbirdpress@ gmail.com

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