Garrett Hongo

Garrett Hongo was born in Hawaiʻi and grew up in Los Angeles. His new book is Ocean of Clouds: Poems. Other collections are Yellow Light, The River of Heaven (a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and Coral Road. In non-fiction is The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo. Also published are The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays and Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaiʻi. Honored with fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Fulbright Program, and the NEA, he was the 2022 winner of the Aiken Taylor Award. He lives in Eugene where he is Distinguished Professor at the University of Oregon.