L I V I N G _ P I D G I N :
CONTEMPLATIONS ON PIDGIN CULTURE
By Lee A. Tonouchi • First Edition 2002, Second Edition 2009 • $14
Design by Mike Cueva

A collection of talks and concrete poems by Hawaii's "pidgin guerrilla," Lee Tonouchi.  Included in the book are such essays as "Da State of Pidgin Address" and "That Pidgin Th-ang," which combine insight about Hawaiian Creole English (usually referred to as "pidgin") with Tonouchi's usual verve and wit.  A must-buy for anyone interested in Hawai`i, in language, in multicultural America.

Lee A. Tonouchi is a pidgin author and activist.  He is da author of da short story collection Da Word from Bamboo Ridge Press, co-editor of Hybolics, and editor of da in-progress community Pidgin dictionary projeck Da Kine Dictionary from Bess Press <www.dakinedictionary.com>.

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