Garrett Hongo

GARRETT HONGO was born in Volcano, Hawaiʻi, and grew up on the North Shore of Oʻahu and in Los Angeles. His most recent books are The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo, The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays, and Coral Road: Poems. He has been the recipient of several awards, including fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation. Hongo lives in Eugene, Oregon, and teaches at the University of Oregon, where he is Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Books by Garrett Hongo

Ocean of Clouds

Garrett Hongo

In his fourth book of poems, award-winning poet Garrett Hongo sees coastlines and waters, skylines and ancestral lines for what they inspire and teach.

Now in paperback: Garrett Hongo's first book since 1995--a beautiful, elegiac gathering of his Japanese and Japanese-American ancestors in their Hawaiian landscape, a testament to the power of poetry as it brings their marginalized narratives into the realm of art.